[Framers] SVG graphic with photograph not importing

[Lin Sims]

Oh, for crying out loud. Rastered IS bitmapped. I'll never get it straight
...

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 2:20 PM, Grant Hogarth <grant at hedgewizard.net>
wrote:

> Robert makes a good point, but if no one is expecting a magical increase
> in resolution, the standardization on graphic type makes sense.
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Robert Lauriston" <robert at lauriston.com>
> To: "An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software." <
> framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Sent: 7/20/2018 12:17:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Framers] SVG graphic with photograph not importing
>
> When you export the SVG with the embedded bitmap to PDF, is it still
>> missing? FrameMaker can't always preview vector images.
>>
>> You're wasting your time embedding bitmaps in SVGs. It's still a
>> bitmap, so if someone zooms in it you'll start seeing the graininess.
>> Only the vector portions of the SVG will stay sharp.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I created a Visio diagram by pasting a photograph onto a sheet and
>>> adding a
>>> text label, then grouping the two together and saving the file first as a
>>> Visio diagram (.vsdx) and then as an SVG file. Visio is set to
>>> automatically display SVG files in a web browser so I can check that
>>> things
>>> converted correctly. They seemed to; both the picture and the text label
>>> showed up.
>>>
>>> But when I import that same SVG file into FrameMaker, the only thing
>>> that's
>>> visible is the text label I added. Even though the anchored graphic
>>> imports
>>> at a size indicating that the entire SVG graphic is there, the photograph
>>> isn't visible.
>>>
>>> At the moment I'm converting to JPG so I can get a visible image, but I'm
>>> wondering if this is a Visio issue (doubting: it shows up correctly in
>>> the
>>> browser), or a FrameMaker issue, or something I haven't the knowledge of
>>> to
>>> even suspect.
>>>
>>> Has anyone encountered this before? Is it known what might be the cause?
>>> Is
>>> there a fix so I can use SVG? (NB: We use SVG because we produce PDFs,
>>> and
>>> if someone zooms in or out the graphic doesn't get grainy 'n stuff.)
>>>
>>> Also, is it just me or has the list been very, VERY quiet the last couple
>>> of weeks?
>>>
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Lin Sims