RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Jack DeLand wrote: I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? If these are colors with names something like RGB256,256,256,

Re: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
Jack, The most likely reason for this is that the files contain PNG files that are 24-bit. There's some kind of bug in Frame that inherits these color definitions, but it doesn't seem to be hurtful, just messy. If you do have PNGs in use, even if you clean up the definitions, they'll repopulate.

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Feimster
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions? Fred Ridder wrote: Jack DeLand wrote: I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast

Re: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Jack DeLand
Thanks very much, Fred. I had no clue as to where all these things had come from. Fred Ridder wrote: use the MIF filters to wash the document. Use Save As -- Jack DeLand :: member, information architecture institute :: 734.629.7890 :: www.jackdeland.com

Re: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Art Campbell
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RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Combs, Richard
Fred Ridder wrote: Jack DeLand wrote: I have inherited some docs that have a huge number (dozens) of color definitions, all in RGB values. I want to edit these down to about 10 entries that I actually need. Is there a fast and easy way to do this? If these are colors with names

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Fred Ridder
Mike Feimster wrote: I did some testing once and created two documents, where the only difference was one doc had an 8-bit png inported by reference and the other had a 16-bit png imported by reference. When I generated PDFs, the PDF with the 8-bit png was actually bigger. I seem to

RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions?

2009-01-15 Thread Mike Feimster
It was either 7.1 or 7.2. Mike From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:38 PM To: Mike Feimster; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Reduce Number of Color Definitions