Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape and Uniconvertor
On 8/26/14 6:25 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:02:54 -0600
Ken Springer <snowshed1@...3003...> wrote:
> On 8/26/14 3:53 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:
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>> I find the opposite. I have InDesign 2014 and it's impossible for
>> me to overstate how much I loathe booting into Win7 to use it.
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> These days, though, most people who use computers don't want to have
> to do things outside the program they are using. I'd wager most
> don't know how, and don't want to have to go through those extra
> steps. In fact, my friend is downright pi$$ed it doesn't export jpg,
> which arguably is probably the most common file format out there for
> graphics. And for her use, and my usual uses, jpg is the better
> choice.
>
> Myself, I'll do it, but I don't like doing it anymore. I simply want
> to get the job done as fast as I can. By fast, that means
> eliminating any other needed steps of other software when I know some
> software will do it for me.
I think I've come late to the party, but why would one want to export
to jpg? Is she going to touch it up with Gimp to make it less
vectorish? Is she putting it into some kind of document that can
use .jpg but not .svg or .png? (who does that anymore?)
At the bottom line, it has
to be compatible with the software other
users in the company have. In this case MS Office 2010, which doesn't
understand .svg. Yesterday, she couldn't get .png to work but today it
worked fine. I suspect the frustration level was so high, she made some
kind of mistake. So .png is going to work too.
You always should consider the people who receive your file may not be
using the latest and greatest software from anybody. JPG has been
around longer than SVG and PNG, so the likelihood of problems with JPGs
is less.
As I wrote in another post, the only real advantage we found of PNG over
JPG is lossless file format and transparency. Neither of which is a
consideration in this case. And there other ancillary issues regarding
the file size, such as internet speed. Believe it or not, for the
company she works for, her connection to the company's computers just 7
miles away goes halfway around the world to Paris, France.
Unbelievable, isn't it?
I really pushed her to use a scalable file format so she could resize as
necessary. But when the import issue came up with MS Publisher, it's
Plan B, a bitmapped export became the answer. She's also used some
Inkscape's features the don't convert, either.
On a personal level, we both detest wasting hard drive space for
something that gives us nothing in return.
It's gotten to the point where all my diagrams are .svg now.
It's
smaller, it scales better, and every browser made in the past 5 years
can handle it. The .svg format is the preferred ePub image format.
About the only thing I can think of that can't handle .svg is TeX and
friends.
I've got a project, moving glacially slow, that needs diagrams. Giving
Dia List a try for that. Years ago I used SmartDraw, but the diagram
needs are simple so SmartDraw is overkill.
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> I really would like to try Linux. On the computer I built, I even
> left space on the boot drive to install Linux some day. But time is
> a factor, I have none. LOL So, those extra steps you don't mind
> doing keeps me just further away from the opportunity to try Linux.
Ahhhh, nowwww I understand the context of what you were saying about
having one program do it and not having to use multiple programs.
Before I used Linux, I felt the exact same way.
But that won't help with my
time issue. LOL
You should try Linux. It changed my whole perspective about
computing.
Maybe it will do the same for you. You might develop a love for
Inkscape's --export-plain-svg and --export-pdf and the like. I'd
suggest you join a Linux User Group. If you don't know of one you can
start with mine, GoLUG.org. You don't need to live in Central Florida.
There
used to be one nearby, but about 5 months after I joined, it went
away. :-(
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