Thanks all. FWIW, we had switched from TIF to JPG for this graphic to try to lower the file size. I round-tripped through MIF, and it didn't help. :-\ So I converted the graphic to TIF instead of JPG, once using LZW compression and once using CCITT4 compression, and I still had the same problem. The source file is in Corel Draw. The CDR file is 8 MB.
Any other ideas? Thanks, Rene The dull thud you hear is the sound of my head banging on my desktop repeatedly... -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 10:58 AM To: rinnie1 at yahoo.com Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FM bloat (NO PDF) Rene S. wrote: > Thanks, Joe, I checked, but that's not the problem. I still can't figure > out what's making this FM file bloat to over 25 MB when I insert a JPG > that's barely over half a MB. This JPG is making the FM file about 41 > times the size of the JPG!! Outrageous! > > Help.......... anyone? > No idea why it's happening, but the old standby, Save As MIF, might help -- either by cleaning up the file, or by allowing you to examine the MIF for screwy content. Have you tried copying that jpg into an otherwise empty fm doc? Can you change the file format to TIFF or EPS and copy it in? HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers at phoenix-geophysics dot com "Please reinstall the application you want to remove." --Microsoft Windows 'unInstall Specialist' Get Firefox! http://tinyurl.com/8q9c5 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/192 - Release Date: 12/5/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/192 - Release Date: 12/5/2005