Converting Images to BMP

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December 13, 2016
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Hi,

Is there a way within FM 2015 to convert all images to BMP's when printing to PDF? I have an eLearning guide in FM with 50+ images, so converting each manually would be a time-consuming task.

Thank you in advance for your help, suggestions.

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Correct answer Barb Binder

Not that I am aware of. Do you have Photoshop? You can create an action (aka macro) that you can run on a folder, and convert them all very quickly.

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

What are you trying to accomplish with BMP? It has a number of shortcomings compared to other formats.

Adobe Illustrator can also be scripted (via an Action) to do batch conversions. I used to do that routinely for vector and mixed-format art generated as .ai or arriving as .pdf (for a version of FM in which PDF import was unstable).

saratogacoachAuthor

Inspiring

I thought that I would need to eventually import the PDF made in FM into LiveCycle Designer ES4 since Designer has more JavaScript scripting functionality (that I am familiar with using) than regular Acrobat Pro DC. But after trying a test image in Designer, which is "fuzzy" not sharp like the original, I think I have to go back to the drawing board, figure out a better way for this project.

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

What is the source of the images?

If you tried importing as PDF (or EPS, and perhaps as PSD or AI), what you see during edit in FM is a 72 dpi embedded thumbnail or preview image, and not the full image resolution.

Regardless of import format (for raster images), what ends up in the final PDF or web workflow depends on workflow settings, like Distiller job options. A nice flat/sharp screen capture can get converted to a coarse sub-sampled remnant with nasty edge artifacts in the PDF.

Barb Binder

Correct answer

Community Expert

Not that I am aware of. Do you have Photoshop? You can create an action (aka macro) that you can run on a folder, and convert them all very quickly.

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

saratogacoachAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Barb,

Yes, have Photoshop, so may be able to batch convert the images using it.

Thank you for this suggestion.

Best Wishes,

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Let me know if you need a hand with the action. You can ask on this thread, or start a new one here: Photoshop General Discussion. As a heads up, the Ps folks will ask the same question as Bob—why BMP.

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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