Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook, Images, and FOP

[David 'Dox' Shevitz <dshevitz@singlestep.com>]

Aha! I understand now. I had been trying to use some of the scaling 
attributes, without much success. I'm also finding that, to make an 
image look right, I have to pre-scale the image using my graphics editor.

Thanks so much--as you could guess, this was getting a little frustrating!

Dave

Georges Schmitz wrote:

> David 'Dox' Shevitz schrieb:
>
>> I am using FOP to take a docbook document and transform it into a 
>> PDF. My problem: the images that I am using continually get 
>> stretched, filling up far more space than they need to and looking 
>> just terrible. I am taking standard screenshots and using GIMP to 
>> save them as JPEGs at 72 dpi.
>>
> You have to set the width explicitly with FOP, eg.
>
>    <imagedata  width="4in" fileref="images/admin-main-window.png" />
>
>> I have tried everything I can think of to stop these images from 
>> getting stretched, but with no luck whatsoever. Is this a limitation 
>> of FOP? Or is there something I'm not doing? (And yes, I realize this 
>> might be more appropriate on a FOP user list, but I thought I'd ask 
>> here first since I'm using Docbook.)
>>
> It would indeed be a very nice feature, if FOP (or a stylesheet 
> extension) would respect the resolution, that can be stored in the 
> imagedata itself eg. in PNG.  This way one could set the resolution to 
> 150dpi for print output, which is far enough for screenshots.
>
> Regards,
> Georges
>
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