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Re: Imported Visio Diagrams in FrameMaker are Distorted
Subject:Re: Imported Visio Diagrams in FrameMaker are Distorted From:Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:54:23 -0800 (PST)
> > Also keep in mind that what works in your case may
> not
> > always be a best practice, and you need to better
> > explain why you use what you're recommending to
> > others.
>
> I love EPS. But not everyone has EPS capabilities,
> or access to a graphic
> artist, or hours to craft a simple flowchart or
> diagram on tight
> deadlines. For us, it works great and the
> advantages of GIF far outweigh
> the disadvantages. Not real sure, but I think I've
> seen GIF on the Internet a few times.
That doesn't make any sense. Why do you need a graphic
artist? What are you producing? The original call was
for Visio diagrams. So the person has Visio, right?
That's, among other things, a flowchart application.
And, if you have Acrobat, you have EPS capabilities.
Yeah, you've seen GIF on the Internet a few times. Who
hasn't? That's a perfectly appropriate medium for
online viewing. That's not my point. A GIF won't print
line art as smoothly as a EPS or vector format.
Period. True, you can beef up the resolution to the
point where to the naked eye under certain constraints
won't notice a difference, but the difference is
indeed there. And, with regard to GIF, what you gain
by not going to EPS, you potentially lose with regard
to file size.
I in no way ever indicated that "GIFs are bad". The
argument was for clearly printable line art output.
EPS is certainly a very valid option in that case. GIF
is not.
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