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cbdunn70
cbdunn70
Inspiring
April 30, 2013
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Very Slow Scrolling with Images

  • April 30, 2013
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I'm running Framemaker 11 on a Windows 7, 64-bit machine with an i7 processor at 2+ ghz and 8.0 MB RAM.

My Frame files, with imported/referenced images, are scrolling extremely slowly. When I say slow, I mean as the page scrolls into view it freezes for 10 - 20 seconds before "catching up" and displaying the page.

I have a "background" image on my master pages that contains simple graphics for the top header and some borders to delineate areas of the page. Those backgrounds are imported. Thjese imported files are about 1.1 MB.

My remaining images are imported by reference on the various body pages. They are .ai files and are 2.5 - 5 (ish) MB in size.

I've been searching for an answer. My deadline is going to pass my by while I wait for pages to load. Please help!

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Correct answer Arnis Gubins

The .EPS and .AI files of that era were close to the same format as EPS and used low-res preview images (for precisely that purpose of not having to render the full graphic for screen work).

The current .AI files use a PDF-based format which FM thinks is a true PDF and tries to render (it does an internal conversion to EPS and creats a high-res preview raster all on the fly, so it's actually doing extra work). Directly importing current .AI files is not recommended as you can lose features and content because it's not a true PDF format. Create EPS files from the .AI files and try using those instead.

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Arnis Gubins
Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
May 1, 2013

Chris,

FM tries to render the gaphic on each page so it takes time. You can always temporarily turn off the display of imported graphics using the esc v v shortcut. This is a toggle that works at the book level (if you select all files). The pages should load as fast as you can advance after you turn off the graphics.

Just remember to turn them back on when yo go to create your final output.

cbdunn70
cbdunn70Author
Inspiring
May 1, 2013

Arnis,

Thanks. I'll try that tomorrow. I'm sure it will work fine, but it isn't my "perfect" solutoin. I mostly want to see my text and graphics together for cross reference. It's been a few years since I was a heavy Framemaker user, but I spent the better part of the late 90s and most of the 2000's in Frame with similar or larger/more complex graphics. I don't remember this ever being an issue (always with .ai or .eps files - linked).

Could there be something else?

Arnis Gubins
Arnis GubinsCorrect answer
Inspiring
May 1, 2013

The .EPS and .AI files of that era were close to the same format as EPS and used low-res preview images (for precisely that purpose of not having to render the full graphic for screen work).

The current .AI files use a PDF-based format which FM thinks is a true PDF and tries to render (it does an internal conversion to EPS and creats a high-res preview raster all on the fly, so it's actually doing extra work). Directly importing current .AI files is not recommended as you can lose features and content because it's not a true PDF format. Create EPS files from the .AI files and try using those instead.

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