Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to Robohelp?

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)]

Agreed (inre using *any* solid color region with high contrast - like one color text on a different color background) with JPG format. Use it for photographs only.

I would also not use GIF if there was a potential for more than 256 colors in the image - it is not supported as far as I recall.

PNG allows for background transparency support too.

Z


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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:18 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Recommended graphic file format for single-sourcing from Frame to Robohelp?

I have been searching the web for a few days and can't seem to find any information on this particular aspect of single-sourcing using the new TCS3. Does it not matter, i.e., does one just set up Robohelp templates to convert .tifs to .jpgs or similar?

If, as you say,  your content contains screenshots or other graphics that contain text, I would not choose JPG as the output format. It tends to put artifacts around the text, making it less legible. Use GIF or PNG instead. Use JPG for photographs.

Mike Wickham
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