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_Charles_Kindall_
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June 17, 2008
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Replacing all image types in a book TIF - PNG

  • June 17, 2008
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We recently have changed from using TIF's to PNG's we did some tests and found that was a better solution for us. I wanted to know if there was any trick or fix that FM could do so that when I open a chapter and the image reference comes up missing because of this file type change if I could actually not have to sit there for 5 hours pointing to each image that has the same name but now uses PNG rather than TIF.

There is also the issue of moving files that has always made me frustrated with FM. If I reference multiple folders for images I should only have to point to the folder once, but FM seems to see the files in order that they are listed so it won't replace referenced images from an older folder and associate all of those files from the missing folder to the new folder you point to when you "show it the reference".

The other half of this problem is replacing references to images used multiple times. If you tell the file that IMAGE1.tif is now newIMAGE1.png why is it that I have to do that for each time that image appears. It's not like FrameMaker shows me what the reference is so I have no idea where it's used.

I used to use BookUtils but this doesn't seem to be supported anymore.
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    annalisa25
    Participant
    April 21, 2010

    Just wanted to say that all my images are PNG and I have been using FM8; then, I downloaded the trial version of FM9, and FM9 pops-up windows of "missing files" to all my PNG grahics that I had initially created and linked to my FM8 documents. I then have to locate each and every file that I have saved in various locations on my network. Also, If I save a document with a new file name, in a different area on my network, the links to the files are broken and the "missing file" links pop-up in both FM8 and FM9. I don't know another way of locating and re-linking the PNG graphics to the new file paths other than to locate each one individually. It's costing me a lot of time to re-link graphics and I have many graphics and documents. Any suggestions? Demi

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    Art Campbell
    Inspiring
    June 17, 2008
    I'd make a copy of the book, then save the files to MIF.

    Assuming you used the same path and file name for the PNGs, it's just a matter of using a good ASCII editor to batch change the TIF to PNG in all the .MIF files.

    Art
    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    June 17, 2008
    Unfortunately, it's not quite as simple as Art indicates. <br /><br />In the MIF format you also need to specify the correct import filter<br />hint so that FM knows how read the incoming file.<br /><br />You'll also need to change:<br /><br /> <ImportHint `0001FRAMTIFFWIN3 '><br /> <ImportObUpdater `TIFF'><br /><br />to<br /><br /> <ImportHint `0001IMAGPNG WIN3 '><br /> <ImportObUpdater `PNG'>
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