>3/23/2010 1:20 PM keltezessel, Cristian Secara irta: >> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:41:09 +0100, Tokes Abel wrote: >> >> >>> From the behavior of these documents I got to the conclusion that >>> Word stores all bitmap pictures in a jpg format. This is independent >>> from the source of the picture (whether it was inserted as a picture >>> file or just pasted from the clipboard.) So, every time I save the >>> document, more and more jpeg errors are produced in all pictures. >>> >> This is not true, or at least not true in just any case. >> >> Look at the these two snapshots >> http://www.secarica.ro/misc/png_test.png >> http://www.secarica.ro/misc/png_test_word_to_paint.png >> >> The png_test_word_to_paint.png is the result of this: >> I opened a blank Word document (Office 2003) >> I dragged the file test.png onto it >> I saved the document without closing >> I wrote something >> I closed the document with save >> I opened the document and wrote something >> I closed the document with save >> I opened the document >> I copied the image in clipboard >> I opened Paint and pasted the clipboard there >> I saved the image from Paint as .png >> >> Ok, the saved image has fewer colors (so it is no longer the perfect >> original), but as it looks it has *never* been in JPEG format. >> >> Cristi >> >> >You are right. I wasn't able to reproduce jpeg failures with Word. >I thought that it came from image compression, >but I wasn't able to make noise by it either. I will have to find out >where noisy images in my docs come from. It seems that Word is >more clever that I supposed. > >For me it seems that the problem is with the pdf printer. I tried Adobe >Elements and >CutePDF. Both added jpeg noise. Surprisingly, CutePDF gave somewhat >better results, >though it was free and we paid for Elements, and I prefer Elements in >most cases. > >I am afraid we are becoming more and more offtopic, as this is obviously >a pdf printer issue, >and probably office issue, but not Gimp issue. > >Abel
I think you are right...but it affects all of us as Gimp users, as we are creating images in Gimp that we ultimately want to use in PDF docs. -- bennettjon (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
