* Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-07-21 21:57:01 -0700]: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 08:15:11PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > It is certainly possible to produce a compressed PNG when doing an export to > > image in Scribus. You have to use the "Quality" spinbox and set it to less > > then 100%. When set to 1% Scribus exports the resulting PNG at Level 9 > > compression. I would agree that the dialog wasn't very well tailored to the > > PNG export and could be confusing, but even in that case what this bug > > report > > is about is a matter of opinion and not really a bug in Scribus. Upstream > > team > > isn't going to change the default compression level in any case. If you'd > > like > > you can open a new bug report against the interface to have it change when > > PNG > > export is done to reflect compression levels instead of the nameless > > "Quality", but that's up to you. And bugs.scribus.net would be a better > > place > > for that as well since that would require a discussion with the upstream > > team. > > *boggle* > > > Scribus can compress PNGs, but the default is to generate uncompressed > files? And it's considered acceptable to label the compression ratio of > an uncompressed image format as "Quality"? And this is a "matter of > opinion"? > > Words fail me. If this is the attitude upstream has, I don't think > it's worth the trouble to try to bring this to their attention. > > Daniel
Daniel, I did bring it to the attention of the Scribus team. There is already a developer working on redoing that dialog window to show and accept appropriate PNG compression settings. The decision to generate uncompressed PNGs by default still seems to stand though, but with clear indication of the ability to actually select compression levels coming up it really shouldn't generate this much ire, shouldn't it? Since you have such a strong opinion on the matter I forwarded it to the upstream BTS, so a discussion could be open. See http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=7159. I support your point of view though my preferred solution would be to add an option to the user preferences to set a default compression level. I'll keep you posted about the progress, or you could subscribe to the bug report. If you need an account on bugs.scribus.net for that I will create one for you. Cheers, Alex. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
