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4everJang

Advocate ,

I have had this problem on and off, and I cannot make sense of it. I have several GIF images that were created in Illustrator and/or Photoshop and then imported (linked) into an anchored frame. When I generate a PDF, some of these images show a light or dark grey boundary line on the right side. Resizing the images in Photoshop sometimes works, sometimes it doesn't. When regenerating the PDF with a couple of images changed, some of these are OK but others are not and sometimes images that were OK previously show the grey boundary line. Always to the right and not consistent throughout the document.

I am using High Quality print settings for the PDF. I am working in structured FM, but I guess this 'feature' has nothing to do with structured vs. unstructured. Maybe it is a bug in FM's handling of GIFs, although I do recall having similar problems with EPS files earlier. Can anyone tell me what causes the lines, and how to keep them from messing up my PDFs ?

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lsk2002

Participant ,

Found the answer to this in the framers digest mailout (framers Digest, Vol 71, Issue 9). Hopefully it wll help you too.

I am not sure about the Illustrator files, but for Photoshop, resize your images so that the last number is an even number. (example: change 3.25 to 3.24)

This worked for me! I couldn't believe it!

If you don't receive these emails, below is the link to subscribe...they are really helpful. I hope that is the correct link, it has been a while since I signed up.

http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers

4everJang AUTHOR

Advocate ,

Hi lsk2002,

This is pretty amazing. I have not tried it yet as I am working on another job right now. I am wondering, though: the number you mention as the size of the image - is that inches or centimeters or can it be anything as long as the last digit is even ???

I did sign up for the framers list. Thanks for the link.

Jang

lsk2002

Participant ,

Hi Jang,

The answer was given in inches. I don't know if it would matter, but it is just weird that it works...lol

Hope it works for you!!

4everJang AUTHOR

Advocate ,

The measurements in inches did not make any sense in my images, so I checked pixel sizes - after all the images are GIFs, so pixel dimensions are what counts - and sure enough: all the images with the extra line to the right had odd pixel widths. Changing them to even pixel widths cured the problem. This is crazy, but it did allow me to finish the PDF and send it to my customer. Strange thing is that the pixel height was also odd in many cases but did not cause an extra horizontal line. Maybe that is because, AFAIK, GIF images are defined as horizontal lines, i.e. the end of a line of pixels is always on the right side of the image. I would still like to know what crazy bug is causing the unwanted line effect, but not right now.

Thanks a bundle, Is !