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Kimberly_Williams
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March 4, 2010
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FrameMaker keeps "bombing out" when trying to import photos

  • March 4, 2010
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Hello:

I have been having problems all day trying to get some photos into my FM document but the application keeps "bombing out" on me; that is, it either hangs and reports back an Internal Error 8004, 6345644, 8487696 message or the application completely closes. I want to import the photos by reference rather than copy them but nothing seems to be working for me. I've tried importing the files as .JPEG and .PNG formats without success so far. Each photo is ~3565KB in size.

I searched the forum for this particular error message but most of the comments had to do with PDF files and they don't apply to my situation (I even changed the printer to Adobe PDF before I began importing the files without any noticeable improvement).

System details:

Dell Vostro with Intel Core2 @ 2.40GHz and 3.25 GB RAM

photos from a 10 MP Canon camera (saved as both .JPEG and .PNG files)

FrameMaker v8.0p277

Windows XP

Is it a matter of available system memory or is it something I might be doing in the import process? I'm looking forward to finally getting to the cause of this issue with your help.

Thanks,

-Kimberly

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    Correct answer Art Campbell

    You would need to use image editing software (did anything come with the camera?) , such as Photoshop, PaintShopPro, or freebies like GIMP or even a viewer like IrfanView.

    The image size you mention from a 10MP camera would probably be running around 800-900dpi when brought into FM. If you reduce (downsample) your image size to around 600x1150 then you should have a failry good 200 dpi image in your PDF that can be zoomed into for further detail.


    Also, the error message you're getting indicates either that the graphic filter is having trouble with the file, or less likely, that it's running out of RAM and free disk space.

    If you want, you could zip up one of your raw JPGs and a re-saved one and attach it to your message for some of us to look at....

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    neeraj586
    neeraj586
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    January 16, 2018

    I faced the same issue today. Figured out that the problem was with the image. I opened a blank document in Photoshop, then imported this image to it and saved it a new image. Issue got resolved. When I opened the image directly in photoshop and did a save-as, it was still throwing the error. So always open new document in Photoshop, then add this image to that and create a new image by saving it.

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 4, 2010

    To eliminate anything in your doc, try using a generic template to create a blank doc and see if it crashes in the same way when you try the import. If it does, then you know it's something else; if it doesn't then you know that there's some thing in your doc that causing it - try a MIF-wash to clean it up (save .fm as MIF, open MIF, re-save as .fm)

    Have you sent in the error log to Adobe Support?

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    Kimberly_WilliamsAuthor
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    March 4, 2010

    Thanks for the speedy reply!

    I did what you suggested but it still didn't work. I opened a blank document and tried to import one of the photos as a .JPEG. This time I got a slightly different error message:  The filter encountered an error and could not complete the translation. FrameMaker was still up and running  and I was returned to the dialog box to choose another file to import.

    If I try to MIF-wash the document, that just means that I first make a backup copy of the file, save the file as .MIF, and then open the .MIF file in FrameMaker, right? Does it make a difference whether I save as MIF 8.0 or MIF 7.0?

    I'm beginning to suspect it's related to memory because I don't seem to have the same issues when I import files from my little 7 MP camera. I lose some clarity with those photos, but I can import them without a problem.

    Thanks!

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    Kimberly_WilliamsAuthor
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    March 9, 2010

    Kimberley,

    How big (physical size) do you need the photos to be in your FM page layouts? You're probably putting in images that are at way too high of a resolution. Unless you're going for press-quality output, you can try downsampling the files so that you're getting the size you want at about 200dpi or less in FM.

    I just tried importing into FM9 a larger JPG from a 10MP camera file, and to get a 4"x6" image, I had to specify 600dpi for the image to fit (which is way too high for any output stream) and the FM temp file size is sitting at 29Mb for just an Anchored frame with a single image. So what I said earlier, you may be hitting a disk space issue for your system TEMP location (default is drive C:).


    Arnis:

    Excuse my ignorance, but how would I downsample a file as you suggest? I'm delivering the content as a PDF and the photos indicate the location of components on a printed circuit board. The figures aren't terribly large (5.75 x 3 inches).

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