[Framers] SVG graphic with photograph not importing

[Lin Sims]

Our standard is to create all graphics used in Visio and then save out to
SVG. Visio lets us edit callouts on the screenshots or photographs
depending on our needs so we don't have to keep retaking the pictures to
create images with new callouts.

Saving out to SVG keeps it consistent with all the graphics we actually
draw in Visio. I was told this also let us zoom without losing resolution,
but the person telling me this might have been referring only to the line
drawings created in Visio. I dunno. As I said, not trained as either a
graphic artist or in using Visio, just sort of picked it up along the way.
I bet there are other things I think are true that aren't!

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
wrote:

> Screen shots and photographs are bitmaps aka raster graphics. Drawings
> and text outlines are vector graphics.
>
> If your only reason for converting a JPG or PNG to SVG before placing
> it in FrameMaker is a pointless waste of time.
>
> Standardizing on one file format, typically PNG, for bitmpas and
> another format such EPS or SVG for drawings might make sense, but I
> don't know what benefit you'd get from of standardizing on a vector
> file format for both bitmaps and drawings that would offset the amount
> of time you'd have to spend embedding bitmaps in vector files.
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 11:21 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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