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background-image on 0.94
Hi,
I'm trying to render a PDF that uses a 72dpi gif as the background-image in
the region-before. The image is considerably smaller than the size of the
region and so I have "no-repeat" in use.
When the PDF is returned, the image is stretched to the point that a 500
pixel wide image (which should fit with no issues) is being cut off on both
ends as well as dramatically reducing the image quality.
Is there a setting I need to change on the FOP so that it does not distort
my background image?
If not, what recourse can I take to keep the image in?
Thanks
--
Sam Fuqua
ΣΝ ΘΗ 454
Re: background-image on 0.94
Posted by Sam Fuqua <sa...@gmail.com>.
Thank you everyone for your help. I was able to increase the resolution
with FopFactory.setSourceResolution() to get it to the proper size.
Sam
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Pascal SANCHO <pa...@takoma.fr>wrote:
> Sam Fuqua a écrit :
>
>> Hi Andreas,
>>
>> I'm quite sure that it has an embedded resolution of 72dpi. I opened it
>> in GIMP, and that was the resolution that I was given.
>> If it does turn out to be different, then I will either resize it or try
>> to find another way of embedding the image
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Andreas Delmelle <
>> andreas.delmelle@telenet.be <ma...@telenet.be>> wrote:
>>
>> On 23 Jun 2009, at 18:09, Sam Fuqua wrote:
>>
>> Hi Sam
>>
>>
>> I'm trying to render a PDF that uses a 72dpi gif as the
>> background-image in the region-before. The image is
>> considerably smaller than the size of the region and so I have
>> "no-repeat" in use.
>> When the PDF is returned, the image is stretched to the point
>> that a 500 pixel wide image (which should fit with no issues)
>> is being cut off on both ends as well as dramatically reducing
>> the image quality.
>>
>>
>> I think this may be expected, as XSL-FO does not have any
>> properties related to scaling of the background image. Are you
>> absolutely sure the GIF has an embedded resolution of 72dpi? (I
>> have run into image viewers that simply show a default of 72dpi if
>> they do not succeed in extracting the image's native resolution)
>> If not, that may be the cause: if the native resolution of the
>> image is significantly higher than 72dpi, the picture will appear
>> stretched.
>>
>>
>> Is there a setting I need to change on the FOP so that it does
>> not distort my background image?
>> If not, what recourse can I take to keep the image in?
>>
>>
>> The usually suggested workaround (for a page-background) is to
>> insert the image in the FO as a fo:external-graphic in one of the
>> generally unused side-regions (region-start/region-end). Using a
>> fo:external-graphic allows to control scaling via the width/height
>> and content-width/content-height properties.
>>
>>
>> HTH!
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sam Fuqua
>>
> Hi,
> AFAICK, there is no place in GIF file structure for setting resolution or
> actual size.
> Only size in pixels is set.
> Read Compuserve spec for further details, (zipped files downloadable
> here...)
> http://www.wotsit.org/list.asp?page=2&fc=1&search=&al=
>
> In such case, FOP considers the default resolution, depending on what you
> have in your fop.xconf file.
> Can you verify that point?
>
> For a 72dpi resol, your 500px width image should be 6.9in (or 176.4mm).
> Consider also that the available width in your region-before is equal to
> page-width minus margins and minus extents of start and end-regions (if
> precedence property is unchanged)
>
> HTH,
> Pascal
>
>
>
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Re: background-image on 0.94
Posted by Pascal SANCHO <pa...@takoma.fr>.
Sam Fuqua a écrit :
> Hi Andreas,
>
> I'm quite sure that it has an embedded resolution of 72dpi. I opened
> it in GIMP, and that was the resolution that I was given.
> If it does turn out to be different, then I will either resize it or
> try to find another way of embedding the image
>
> Thanks
>
> Sam
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Andreas Delmelle
> <andreas.delmelle@telenet.be <ma...@telenet.be>> wrote:
>
> On 23 Jun 2009, at 18:09, Sam Fuqua wrote:
>
> Hi Sam
>
>
> I'm trying to render a PDF that uses a 72dpi gif as the
> background-image in the region-before. The image is
> considerably smaller than the size of the region and so I have
> "no-repeat" in use.
> When the PDF is returned, the image is stretched to the point
> that a 500 pixel wide image (which should fit with no issues)
> is being cut off on both ends as well as dramatically reducing
> the image quality.
>
>
> I think this may be expected, as XSL-FO does not have any
> properties related to scaling of the background image. Are you
> absolutely sure the GIF has an embedded resolution of 72dpi? (I
> have run into image viewers that simply show a default of 72dpi if
> they do not succeed in extracting the image's native resolution)
> If not, that may be the cause: if the native resolution of the
> image is significantly higher than 72dpi, the picture will appear
> stretched.
>
>
> Is there a setting I need to change on the FOP so that it does
> not distort my background image?
> If not, what recourse can I take to keep the image in?
>
>
> The usually suggested workaround (for a page-background) is to
> insert the image in the FO as a fo:external-graphic in one of the
> generally unused side-regions (region-start/region-end). Using a
> fo:external-graphic allows to control scaling via the width/height
> and content-width/content-height properties.
>
>
> HTH!
>
> Andreas
>
>
> --
> Sam Fuqua
Hi,
AFAICK, there is no place in GIF file structure for setting resolution
or actual size.
Only size in pixels is set.
Read Compuserve spec for further details, (zipped files downloadable
here...)
http://www.wotsit.org/list.asp?page=2&fc=1&search=&al=
In such case, FOP considers the default resolution, depending on what
you have in your fop.xconf file.
Can you verify that point?
For a 72dpi resol, your 500px width image should be 6.9in (or 176.4mm).
Consider also that the available width in your region-before is equal to
page-width minus margins and minus extents of start and end-regions (if
precedence property is unchanged)
HTH,
Pascal
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Re: background-image on 0.94
Posted by Sam Fuqua <sa...@gmail.com>.
Hi Andreas,
I'm quite sure that it has an embedded resolution of 72dpi. I opened it in
GIMP, and that was the resolution that I was given.
If it does turn out to be different, then I will either resize it or try to
find another way of embedding the image
Thanks
Sam
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Andreas Delmelle <
andreas.delmelle@telenet.be> wrote:
> On 23 Jun 2009, at 18:09, Sam Fuqua wrote:
>
> Hi Sam
>
> I'm trying to render a PDF that uses a 72dpi gif as the background-image
>> in the region-before. The image is considerably smaller than the size of
>> the region and so I have "no-repeat" in use.
>> When the PDF is returned, the image is stretched to the point that a 500
>> pixel wide image (which should fit with no issues) is being cut off on both
>> ends as well as dramatically reducing the image quality.
>>
>
> I think this may be expected, as XSL-FO does not have any properties
> related to scaling of the background image. Are you absolutely sure the GIF
> has an embedded resolution of 72dpi? (I have run into image viewers that
> simply show a default of 72dpi if they do not succeed in extracting the
> image's native resolution)
> If not, that may be the cause: if the native resolution of the image is
> significantly higher than 72dpi, the picture will appear stretched.
>
> Is there a setting I need to change on the FOP so that it does not distort
>> my background image?
>> If not, what recourse can I take to keep the image in?
>>
>
> The usually suggested workaround (for a page-background) is to insert the
> image in the FO as a fo:external-graphic in one of the generally unused
> side-regions (region-start/region-end). Using a fo:external-graphic allows
> to control scaling via the width/height and content-width/content-height
> properties.
>
>
> HTH!
>
> Andreas
>
>
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>
>
--
Sam Fuqua
ΣΝ ΘΗ 454
Re: background-image on 0.94
Posted by Andreas Delmelle <an...@telenet.be>.
On 23 Jun 2009, at 18:09, Sam Fuqua wrote:
Hi Sam
> I'm trying to render a PDF that uses a 72dpi gif as the background-
> image in the region-before. The image is considerably smaller than
> the size of the region and so I have "no-repeat" in use.
> When the PDF is returned, the image is stretched to the point that a
> 500 pixel wide image (which should fit with no issues) is being cut
> off on both ends as well as dramatically reducing the image quality.
I think this may be expected, as XSL-FO does not have any properties
related to scaling of the background image. Are you absolutely sure
the GIF has an embedded resolution of 72dpi? (I have run into image
viewers that simply show a default of 72dpi if they do not succeed in
extracting the image's native resolution)
If not, that may be the cause: if the native resolution of the image
is significantly higher than 72dpi, the picture will appear stretched.
> Is there a setting I need to change on the FOP so that it does not
> distort my background image?
> If not, what recourse can I take to keep the image in?
The usually suggested workaround (for a page-background) is to insert
the image in the FO as a fo:external-graphic in one of the generally
unused side-regions (region-start/region-end). Using a fo:external-
graphic allows to control scaling via the width/height and content-
width/content-height properties.
HTH!
Andreas
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