Raster Graphics Import and File Size

greetings all,

 

i frequent user of fm last year.  closely monitor these forums, have posted few times.

 

my question relates import of graphics/images fm documents.  make short documents (memos, reports, etc.) number few pages may have several graphics used.  in these case, prefer import graphic file directly fm document (as opposed reference) in order keep file managment issues minimized (we small engineering company).  on larger projects, typically use referenced graphics because of obvious efficiencies have been discussed many times in these forums.

 

the basic issue ballooning of file size when importing graphics (png, jpeg, gif, etc.) fm document.  use svg or eps files when doing full-blown development, everyday documents vector formats not practical us.  in latest file have been working (a short technical report), there 1 png file of 75 kb.  baseline fm9 document without graphic 45 kb.  after importing png, file balloons 2.8 mb--a 23x file size increase.

 

my understanding caused internal framevector format used framemaker , filtering process.  in fm8, able make modifications maker.ini file filters use bmp/dib format instead of framevector.  cannot seem working in fm9 using same approach.

 

any or direction can provide appreciated.

 

stats:

windows xp, sp3

fm 9.0p237

what modification making in fm8 maker.ini?

 

the mif specification describes internal graphic formats (facets), raster graphics, fm uses basic uncompressed format (see ch. 13 frameimage facet format), explain why such lage increase in file size. afaik, cannot control internal format of facet storage.

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