Clark Everetts: Thank you for posting your work-around. I have just tested it with my WMF files. Unfortunately, as Libre Office crops larger WMF files, the "saved-as" pictures are also cropped, and I have no way around that. For me, the only work-around remains either running 10.04 in a virtual machine or booting into Windows.
I clearly hear what you say about working to a deadline, as that affects me every month! You say you may have an inkling of the problem. I am crossing my fingers that you do find the problem -- good luck! As this bug affects you, please vote for it (click on the green writing at the top-left of this page.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gimp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001570 Title: Regresson: Unable to import WMF images into GIMP, or convert them using wmf2xxx Status in “gimp” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have put the package on this bug as GIMP, but seeing the range of problems (described below), it is probably something else. SUMMARY: 1. In Lucid 10.04, GIMP would flawlessly import WMF files. 2. Starting Maverick 10.10, it would not work. 3. There was, at least, a work-around, in that the tools wmf2xxx could convert the files into a different format (e.g. EPS), which GIMP could import. 4. But with Precise 12.04, even that work-around fails. MORE INFORMATION: * When trying to open a file with GIMP, GIMP incorrectly recognises the WMF dimensions as having dimensions of -1x-1 (see attached screen- shot), and having negative X and Y ratios. GIMP will allow you to correct the width and height, but not the resolution, making importing impossible. * wmf2xxx fails with error code 1 but no error message. * convert (from ImageMagick) fails with error code 1 and the message: failed to scan file `t2.wmf' @ error/wmf.c/ReadWMFImage/186. * Surprisingly, Libre Office Writer and Draw are able to import WMF files. Unfortunately, Libre Office crops the images, so that they anyway cannot be used. This regression has been hanging around for 19 months, and really needs fixing. The only remaining work-around is to either boot into Windows or run 10.04 in a virtual machine, neither of which is an acceptable solution. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gimp 2.6.12-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat May 19 10:19:40 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gimp UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/1001570/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
