Comments on: Effects of Imported Images on Visio File Size http://www.visguy.com/2008/04/12/effects-of-imported-images-on-visio-file-size/ Smart Graphics for Visual People Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:00:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Visio Guy http://www.visguy.com/2008/04/12/effects-of-imported-images-on-visio-file-size/#comment-18953 Visio Guy Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:44:17 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=791#comment-18953 Hey Xman, I've noticed a difference when copy/pasting an image into Visio, vs. importing the image. I haven't seen your problem specifically, but I have seen oddities. Try to see if you can Insert > Picture > From File... works better for you, instead of just pasting. You might have to save your image to a file first. Good luck, and let us know! - Chris Hey Xman,

I’ve noticed a difference when copy/pasting an image into Visio, vs. importing the image. I haven’t seen your problem specifically, but I have seen oddities.

Try to see if you can Insert > Picture > From File… works better for you, instead of just pasting. You might have to save your image to a file first.

Good luck, and let us know!

- Chris

]]> By: xman http://www.visguy.com/2008/04/12/effects-of-imported-images-on-visio-file-size/#comment-18869 xman Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:31:04 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=791#comment-18869 Has anyone ever experienced the problem where you copy an image into Visio and it's visible and everything appears to be fine. Then you save and close the file. Then reopen it. The image is still "there" (ctrl+a shows it being selected) but the images isn't visible - it's just transparent. This seems to only happen to jpg and png. Bmp is fine. Has anyone ever experienced the problem where you copy an image into Visio and it’s visible and everything appears to be fine. Then you save and close the file. Then reopen it. The image is still “there” (ctrl+a shows it being selected) but the images isn’t visible - it’s just transparent.

This seems to only happen to jpg and png. Bmp is fine.

]]> By: Visio Guy http://www.visguy.com/2008/04/12/effects-of-imported-images-on-visio-file-size/#comment-17570 Visio Guy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:40:27 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=791#comment-17570 Thanks Mark! I had a feeling I was remembering something *awful* from the past when I started researching this one! - Chris Thanks Mark!

I had a feeling I was remembering something *awful* from the past when I started researching this one!

- Chris

]]> By: Visio Guy » Blog Archive » Importing Images as Backgrounds for Tracing http://www.visguy.com/2008/04/12/effects-of-imported-images-on-visio-file-size/#comment-17569 Visio Guy » Blog Archive » Importing Images as Backgrounds for Tracing Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:36:08 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=791#comment-17569 [...] Effects of Imported Images on Visio File Size [...] [...] Effects of Imported Images on Visio File Size [...]

]]> By: Mark Nelson http://www.visguy.com/2008/04/12/effects-of-imported-images-on-visio-file-size/#comment-17568 Mark Nelson Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:32:24 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=791#comment-17568 Note that compression is available in Visio 2003 or later. Bitmaps were stored in all their bloated glory before that. Note that compression is available in Visio 2003 or later. Bitmaps were stored in all their bloated glory before that.

]]> By: incubii http://www.visguy.com/2008/04/12/effects-of-imported-images-on-visio-file-size/#comment-17550 incubii Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:41:20 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=791#comment-17550 A tip for the PNG files. You can use an opensource program called <i>PNG Crush</i> to shrink the file down as much as possible. This will save you some disk space and may even improve the performance of the document as i have seen with many PNGs included. <a href="http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/" rel="nofollow">PNG Crush</a> A tip for the PNG files. You can use an opensource program called PNG Crush to shrink the file down as much as possible. This will save you some disk space and may even improve the performance of the document as i have seen with many PNGs included.

PNG Crush

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