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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)).<br>
<br>
JPEG is fine for Photos, and SVG for line graphics. PS is fine if
you've got the time to render it.<br>
GIF is for icons. <br>
BMP/WMF/EMF should be discontinued.<br>
<br>
You may want to invest in a graphics converter. The two best (IMO)
are FastStone Image Viewer (or just Image Converter) and IrfanView.<br>
<br>
Grant<br>
<br>
On 1/13/2012 3:23 PM, Virginia Morgan wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Framers – <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All information is very much appreciated.
Thank you, and I
am happy to be back to this forum!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Virginia Morgan | Technical Writer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TAKE Solutions, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">O 512.735.4316 | M 512.426.8323 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:virginia.morgan@takesolutions.com">virginia.morgan@takesolutions.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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