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Inspiring
December 13, 2011
Question

Framemaker 10 scroll speed slows down while showing pictures

  • December 13, 2011
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Hi at all,

just a simple question.

When I scroll down in a document, the scroll speed is increasing really much. I have to turn the mouse wheel 5 times more to reach the same part on a page as without a picture.

And scrolling does not look really smooth.

Is there a procedure to reduce the picture quality to get a faster scroll speed?

Why is showing pictures so hard for framemaker?

Regards Michael

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Inspiring
September 19, 2017

Yes, it works. Thanks.  However, the scroll speed also affect other programs in Windows 10.  It is alright for me.

Barb Binder
Community Expert
September 19, 2017

Really appreciate if this could be adjusted.

If you are wishing that FrameMaker has its own scroll speed controls you can put in a request here:

Tracker

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Inspiring
September 18, 2017

I am using FM 2017, the scroll speed is still very slow. Really appreciate if this could be adjusted.

Barb Binder
Community Expert
September 19, 2017

Did you trying changing the scroll speed in Windows?

How to Control Your Mouse Scroll Speed in Windows 10

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Bob_Niland
Community Expert
December 13, 2011

... as without a picture.

What graphic file type?

If raster, what dpi?

What import size?

Any rotation applied?

And, of course:

What Frame version?

What operating system?

32- or 64-bit?

How much RAM?

How much swap space?

Large and/or hi-res raster images, such as TIFF and JPEG, can have a performance impact during edit.

Image rotation (any format) has an impact.

You can reduce the impact by re-saving TIFFs and JPEGs as EPS, so that the UI only has to deal with the low-res preview/thumbnail. PDF also has a low-res preview, but I haven't any material experience with importing it in Frame.

I haven't found a way to improve performance with post-import rotates other than to create a rotated variant in the source image editor, and re-import without further rotation.

You can also disable graphics for the present session if you don't need to see them.

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I recall a page with a single 300 dpi 8x10 TIFF taking a half hour just to display in Frame 3.1. Computers are a bit faster now, but individual cores haven't improved much in the last decade, and the Frame GUI is probably not yet multi-threaded. So, we still need some awareness of performance impact with image imports.

Inspiring
December 13, 2011

Hi Error,

nice to read your answer.

Here it comes:

file type .tiff and .png (editorial required)

resolution 300dpi (editorial required)

size is defined as the same  e.q. 76mm width is prepared in the same size

no, never rotated in framemaker (also no paintings in framemaker)

Framemaker 10, all updates

Win7 ultimate

32bit

4GB (of course only ~3 useable)

page file size 3GB

corei5 4x2.5GHz

I know there is the option to view without pictures, but it is not useful by me because I have to do comments for the pictures (manuals and so on).

***BUT!!! Some other programs can handle with pics?! Am I wrong? They could built some thumbs and show them instead... that's easy. how many people are programming these stuff? 3? how many use it? disapproval by my side! Showing pics inside documents is esential for that tool.

Thanks

Bob_Niland
Community Expert
December 13, 2011

file type .tiff and .png (editorial required)

What's the deliverable?

If it's only PDF, I'd spin EPS or PDF* copies of the TIFF and PNGs, and import the copies.

  • You will experience a dramatic improvment in edit performance.
  • The output will remain identical. Editiorial will not be able tell.

What's the typical content of the TIFFs?

... of the PNGs?

What are the source elements for these (e.g. PSD, RAW, camera JPG, etc.)?

If you decide to try PDF import, we'll need some discussion on PDF save options.

Even if TIFF or PNG support preview/thumbnail, Frame probably doesn't use it. Frame does use the small preview image optionally present in EPS and PDF.