### 4.4 Processing graphics

This section provides a brief overview of options and methods for getting the graphics referenced in your DITA document into an appropriate format.

If some graphics referenced by your document are in a format that is not appropriate for the output type you select (see §40.1 Choosing an appropriate graphics format), you have the following options:

- Omit the graphics from the output.
- Recreate the graphics in a different format.
- Convert the graphics to a different format.

See also:

§40. Working with graphics

Several graphics programs, such as the following, can convert images from one format to another:

Graphic Workshop Pro | http://www.mindworkshop.com
Adobe Illustrator | http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/main.html
Corel Paint Shop Pro | http://www.jasc.com/ (redirect)
GhostScript/GhostView | http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ (for EPS graphics)

1. Use a third-party graphics program to alter or replace the graphics; save each using the same file name as the original (referenced) or exported (embedded) graphic, but with a different extension.
2. RTF output. Indicate that you want file names to be mapped, and specify both old and new file extensions (without leading periods):

       [Graphics]
       FileNames = Map

       [GraphFiles]
       old_extension = new_extension

3. HTML output. Specify the new extension:

       [Graphics]
       GraphSuffix = new_extension

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Parent Topic: 4. Setting basic conversion options

Sibling Topics:

4.1 Specifying operating settings

4.2 Logging conversion events

4.3 Identifying files and elements

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