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> 5 Setting basic conversion options > 5.7 Processing graphics > 5.7.2 Choosing how to convert graphics > 5.7.2.3 Using third-party graphics converters

#### 5.7.2.3 Using third-party graphics converters

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)

You can use third-party tools only on graphics that exist as separate external files; you cannot use them directly on embedded graphics or on FrameMaker vector graphics. However, you can run Mif2Go to export embedded graphics, then use third-party tools to convert them:

1. Run Mif2Go to export embedded graphics as separate files; see §5.7.3.2 Processing embedded graphics separately.

2. 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.

3. If you specified ASCII DCL as the output type when you exported graphics, to avoid rewriting graphics and recreating DCL files, do one of the following:

• In the Mif2Go Export dialog, check Use Existing DCL file, if any.

• In the configuration file, set the following option:

[Setup]

UseExistingDCL = Yes

4. In the configuration file, set the following options:

[Graphics]

UseGraphicPreviews = No

[Setup]

WriteEquations = Yes

WriteAllGraphics = No

5. 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

6. HTML output. Indicate that you want to keep the original file names, and specify the new extension:

[Graphics]

UseOriginalGraphicNames = Yes

GraphSuffix = new_extension

7. Run Mif2Go again.

8. Remember to uncheck Use Existing DCL file, if any (or set UseExistingDCL=No) for later runs, if you change any text in your FrameMaker document.

See also §31.3 Replacing and relocating graphics files.

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