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Framemaker 2015 slow to load files with graphics

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Jul 05, 2016 Jul 05, 2016

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We have several users running Framemaker 2015.  Files with no graphics will load quickly.  Any time the file contains graphics, it will load very slowly at the page that contains graphics.  It happens whether the file is local or on a server.  Are there any best practices to speed up the loading of a file?  Should the graphics be converted to a certain type of file?  We are currently using jpgs

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Jul 05, 2016 Jul 05, 2016

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Any format that includes a preview/thumbnail that FM honors is faster during edit (this includes EPS & PDF; not sure about others). Unless the import filters have changed, JPEG is previewed at full resolution (any progressive encoding doesn't help). If you aren't re-scaling and cropping in a raster editor, what you get from modern cameras is usually way too many pixels.

Formats that are inherently more compact in their uncompressed form are faster. For example, use vector formats rather than rasterized images thereof, up to a certain level of complexity.

EPS tends to be optimal, performance-wise, and supports mixed type, vector and raster content. The thumbnail is pretty coarse (72 dpi) but that can be worked around with the scaling trick. Also, unless rendering to a Ps or PDF workflow, what gets output (such as to an HP printer in PCL mode) is the coarse preview.

There's a remote possibility that your problem is some obscure optional feature of JPEG (unusual color space, XR, 2000, odd transfer function, etc.).

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Jul 24, 2016 Jul 24, 2016

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I also have and reported on this issue after the final patch of 3 (3.1). The problem still exists for me in patch 4. The weird thing is, it was fine for patch 1, 2 and 3.0.

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Jul 24, 2016 Jul 24, 2016

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Try turning off your graphics on one file you have open. Save it, it may pause a few times while you work on it. Then turn the graphics back on. I have no idea why, but mine seems to be ok now?

View>Options>Graphics

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 25, 2016 Jul 25, 2016

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Hi Rob,

Can you please share a sample file with us where you see performance degradation in file open.

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Kunal

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Jul 25, 2016 Jul 25, 2016

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Hi ksaini

It works with a brand new blank page too. Go new>document>blank paper:portrait.

Add an anchored frame.

Highlight frame and import any jpg, local or networked.

Go and make a hot beverage while the file imports.

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 25, 2016 Jul 25, 2016

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Hi Tom,

Is this slowness in loading happening after any specific updater of FM?

Also is it possible for you to share a sample file/book that is getting slow in open.

Thanks

Kunal

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Aug 25, 2016 Aug 25, 2016

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I am also having massive slowdowns for the same reasons, though it was not an issue for me until the latest update (about a week ago).

I should add that my graphics are not high-res. They are mostly around 400kb or less.

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 21, 2023 Jan 21, 2023

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I have the same problem since I upgraded from version 7 to 15 even if there is no graphics, just text. I have taken my computer to an expert who has upgraded to a solid state drive but the same problem. It takes at least 30 seconds or more to load a file. Some files load fast but 90% of them load extremely slow.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 21, 2023 Jan 21, 2023

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Hi @mgustantino:

 

Are the images linked or embedded?

 

~Barb

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Community Expert ,
Jan 22, 2023 Jan 22, 2023

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Hi @mgustantino,

are you working with local files or with files on a network share or in a cloud?

Images can also be on reference pages (@Barb Binder already ask).

Any other content that is linked to (text files, other FM files etc.)?

What files are loading fast? Small ones?

How many pages do the slow ones have?

What OS are you using?

What version of FM 15 exactly (15.x.x)?

 

Regards

Stephan

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 22, 2023 Jan 22, 2023

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They are embedded but even files that have NO graphics ONLY text bogs down.

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 22, 2023 Jan 22, 2023

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I am using windows 10, one of the files that loaded slow had only 1 page with text only. Some files that have embedded graphics load fast. There seems to be no rime or reason for which files load fast or slow. 

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Community Expert ,
Jan 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023

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Hi, @mgustantino,

what about this my queation "are you working with local files or with files on a network share or in a cloud"?

Regards

Stephan

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023

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Files on my solid state drive on my computer

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Community Expert ,
Jan 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023

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@mgustantino,

sorry, then I have no idea why it is slow.

Regards

Stephan

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Community Expert ,
Jan 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023

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Why are the graphics embedded? Linking would be faster. (Graphics with text or graphics won't matter--what would matter is if the graphic is pixel-based or vector-based.)

 

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023

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I have too many files to change things now. However as I stated earlier even with NO graphics and ONLY text some files still have the same problem.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023

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Are your files structured or unstructured? I have only little knowledge about structured FrameMaker, but as far as I know there are a few processes, before a file is actually opened.

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Jan 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023

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Jan 24, 2023 Jan 24, 2023

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I am not a structure expert. Couldn't there a process do something which slows down the opening of a file?

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Jan 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023

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Sorry--I misunderstood your original "text" to be text-only graphics. Have you tried changing to another font on a copy of the file(s)?

 

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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Jan 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023

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My FrameMaker 2015 has internal number (Help > About) 13.0.5.547

I have all my fm files and graphics on the SSD of the laptop - and I do not see a delay in loading a file, even with many graphics (png, jpg) in it. However I note during scrolling a slight delay (subsecond) of the appearance of a graphic in its frame.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 24, 2023 Jan 24, 2023

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I recall a similar issue in Fm 2015. Screen captures that had been run through SnagIt, had drop shadows, and were saved as JPG were SLOWWWWWWW.

Those that were direct screen captures using OS utilities, pasted from the clipboard into FrameMaker (thus NOT referenced images) did not noticeably slow down screen refresh. Not even when there are 5+ images per page.

 

Perhaps you can test this behavior in your environment.

 

-Matt

 

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Jan 24, 2023 Jan 24, 2023

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Download fm 2022 trial and see if you have the same issues.

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