Re: [xep-support] graphic file formats

From: Paul Slezak (slezakp@billmax.com)
Date: Fri Sep 05 2003 - 19:26:01 PDT

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    FYI The EPS out of Visio works great unless I have curves- circles,
    ellipses, etc. Then it looks like junk.

    So, I went to TIFF out of Visio and after figuring out the Docbook
    imagedata sizing parameters, the images starting coming out in the PDF.

    I went back to JPEG hoping that I could simply create one file that
    would solve both the HTML and the print issue.

    Unfortunately, the Docbook sizing information isn't forward into the
    HTML, and I decided it would be simpler to simply save two JPEG versions
    rather than figure out how to get it automatically into the HTML.

    I don't see any print difference between 600 dpi JPEG or 600 dpi TIFF.
    However, file size seems to grow faster with JPEG and it may take a
    little longer to print, so I may fall back to TIFF if performance
    becomes an issue. I would prefer to stick with JPEG so that I don't
    have to deal with Docbook profiling.

    So, my processing is currently Docbook(XML) -> xsltproc(FO) -> XEP (PDF)
    with Visio used to create JPEGS.

    Thanks for all the suggestions.

    Paul

    Peter Drivas wrote:

    > Have you tried converting to tif images? They give us much higher
    > resolution and quality than jpgs. We use photoshop to do the conversions.
    >
    > Peter
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: owner-xep-support@renderx.com
    > [mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com]On Behalf Of Paul Slezak
    > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 3:34 PM
    > To: xep-support@renderx.com
    > Subject: Re: [xep-support] graphic file formats
    >
    > Yes, initially, but then I added -page to "convert". I think I
    > figured it out, at least for this problem. I was "convert"ing to
    > an image that was too small. I increased the page parameters, and
    > I now get the image, but it is unacceptable. So, contrary to what
    > I said before, the pstill product is working better than "convert"
    > as it uses fonts.
    >
    > I guess at this point I would like a recommendation. My ultimate
    > goal is HTML and PDF output from DocBook. I really like how XEP
    > does the FO rendering but I need better printed graphics. I have
    > MS Visio and the JPEG from it is fine for HTML. However, I am open
    > to something else if it will do as good a job for HTML and a
    > better job for printing.
    >
    > TIA
    >
    > Paul
    >
    > Adam Rogoyski wrote:
    >
    >>On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Paul Slezak wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>> I have output the image as EPS, and used "convert" to convert it to
    >>>PDF, yet again, I get a blank area.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>
    >> Are you creating a postscript file that is a full page with the
    >>image aligned at the bottom left hand corner?
    >>
    >> Adam
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