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?)
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.
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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.
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.
Anyway, I've found the combination of Inkscape and Linux to be powerful indeed.
SteveT
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