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

[Grant Hogarth]

I always vote for PNG.  The files may not be the smallest, but I've 
never had anything in the past decade choke on them (not display/corrupt 
display (either unreadable or artifacts)/Fail (as in crash)).

JPEG is fine for Photos, and SVG for line graphics.  PS is fine if 
you've got the time to render it.
GIF is for icons.
BMP/WMF/EMF should be discontinued.

You may want to invest in a graphics converter.  The two best (IMO) are 
FastStone Image Viewer (or just Image Converter) and IrfanView.

Grant

On 1/13/2012 3:23 PM, Virginia Morgan wrote:
>
> Hello Framers --
>
> It has been several years since I have been part of this group, so I 
> apologize if this topic has been covered extensively somewhere (if 
> so,  please feel free to point me to it). I have recently resumed my 
> Technical Writing career at a software development company that uses 
> FrameMaker to create its documentation. All the legacy manuals were 
> delivered with the products as hyperlinked PDF files (not really meant 
> for printing due to length, although one could do so and they are 
> formatted correctly for that).
>
> The company recently purchased TCS3, and would like to single-source 
> Frame files to online help using Robohelp. I have been trying to find 
> out what would be the best graphic file format  to use for this 
> multi-purpose moving forward. Some background: All legacy images, 
> which are primarily screenshots with some flowcharts, were .tif files, 
> RGB color, 96 dpi (again, intended for on-screen viewing). Using TCS3 
> moving forward, is there a better/clear recommendation for what 
> graphic file format would produce the best results?
>
> 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?
>
> All information is very much appreciated. Thank you, and I am happy to 
> be back to this forum!
>
> Virginia Morgan | Technical Writer
>
> TAKE Solutions, Inc.
>
> O 512.735.4316 | M 512.426.8323
>
> virginia.morgan at takesolutions.com
>
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