From: <ben...@ug...> - 2007-02-03 21:45:22
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To close this thread, I have updated http://developers.gramps-project.org/tiki-index.php?page=3DTranslatingDocs = with a command to create the screenshot: import -quality 100 -trim -delay 200 -resize 500 -density 100x100 -frame -channel RGB -depth 8 screenshot.png On my system that works fine, you might need to tweak some things on differ= ent systems. If Jerome and Erik give me notification the screenshots are rescal= ed to a resolution that is ok with pdf manual, I'll recreate them and upload t= o g-p.org. Benny Quoting ben...@ug...: > Yes, this is the solution Jerome! > > The english pictures are double the resolution of french and dutch pictur= es. > > If you go on the pictures in gimp, and open the info window (menu view) > you see > eg on first-open.png: > dutch: dim 640x408, print size 9.27 x 5.9 inches, res: 69 x 69 dpi > english: dim 640x409, print size 4.96 x 3.2 inches, res: 129x 126dp > > For the pdf manual, the print size is used, no scaling is applied apparen= tly. > So, all screenshots in french, dutch should be made so that print > size in gimp > info view shows a reasonable size. > > Note that slovak manual looks ok with 75dpi, eg first-open.png there has > dim 500x300, print size 6.6 x 4 inches, res: 75 x 75 dpi > > A4 (210 =C3=97 297 mm or 8.3 =C3=97 11.7 inches > So, please, redo the screenshots, and aim for a print size of 5 inches > wide, if > you want the pdf manual to have good pictures. > > > Benny > > > > Quoting J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me <rom...@ya...>: > >>> 2/in english, all png's are bit depth 24bbp, and color RGB, whereas >>> in dutch, >>> some figures are 32bbp and color RGB/alpha, eg first-open.png, >>> perhaps the pdf >>> creator has problems with that? >> >> And seems to me that english figures have better resolutions : >> 129-99ppp/dpi (mix between most "home" printers and screen) >> Most Dutch, French figures have 72ppp/dpi resolution (=3Ddo not allow >> nice print, but good enough for displaying on screen) >> Changing screenshots resolution on GIMP preferences : >> (View->get resolution) >> >> Otherwise, indexed reduce number of colors: >> 255 (without alpha) =3D a size optimization >> nl (48 files : 2.3Mo) >> en (57 files : 2.5Mo) >> fr (56 files : 1005.3Ko) >> >>> In my experience, the best thing is to first rescale, >>> than convert to indexed: >>> Image->Mode->Indexed in GIMP >>> and then select None for color dithering (bottom menu) >> >> must be the last step ... I must take new screenshots :( >> >> Print or screen optimization ? >> >> >> >> >> ben...@ug... a =C3=A9crit : >>> Hi again, >>> >>> I looked at media.png in english version and in dutch version. Both >>> look the >>> same in GIMP, have same size and almost same resolution. >>> >>> Yet in english version the picture is nice in pdf, and in dutch >>> version it is >>> stretched and looks therefore ugly. >>> >>> Hence, the error is not in the screenshots, but in the pdf generation. >>> I suggest the translators follow the instructions on >>> http://developers.gramps-project.org/tiki-index.php?page=3DManualGenera= tion >>> and >>> make themselves a pdf and try some things, investigate the output on >>> specific >>> error messages (you see a lot of those!). >>> >>> Some things I can think of: >>> 1/some figures are missing: for figures you do not have a screenshot >>> for, use >>> the english version! It is better that users see in yelp, html, pdf >>> an english >>> example than no example, and perhaps it creates issues in pdf generatio= n >>> 2/in english, all png's are bit depth 24bbp, and color RGB, whereas >>> in dutch, >>> some figures are 32bbp and color RGB/alpha, eg first-open.png, >>> perhaps the pdf >>> creator has problems with that? >>> 3/google for this issue with the fop program, perhaps see if another >>> xsl solves >>> the issue. >>> >>> There are a lot of options to find the cause of this, but they take >>> some work. >>> Eg you could make a figures and figures-nl dir, copy in figures all eng= lish >>> figures, and one by one use the dutch figures, hunting down where >>> the bug in >>> pdf creation occurs. >>> >>> Benny >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________= ___ >> Yahoo! Mail r=EF=BF=BDnvente le mail ! D=EF=BF=BDouvrez le nouveau Yahoo= ! 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