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Any bitmapped images embedded in PDF or EPS files that exceed the resolutions set are downsampled
to this resolution. This downsampling occurs for image resources at document conversion and for
external images in supported image formats, at runtime. In both cases the maximum resolution is the
one in effect at document conversion. No downsampling occurs for images you download using the
Image Downloader.
Related topics:
• Static and Dynamic Images (Page 168)
• Image Formats: Bitmapped, Vector, and Metafile Formats (Page 171)
• Resolution (Page 172)
• Change the Size of an Image (Page 201)
• Convert Color Images to Grayscale (Page 203)
• Adjust the Pixel Dimensions of a Bitmapped Image (Page 204)
• Adjust the Image Quality Options (Page 204)
• Adjust the Scanline Orientation of Images (Page 206)
• Copy External Images for a Dynamic Image to the Runtime Environment (Page 206)
13.15.7 Convert Color Images to Grayscale
The conversion applies to all of the image resources in your document (bitmapped, EPS, and PDF), and to all
external images in any of the supported formats that your document references. In the case of EPS and PDF
images, the conversion also changes the color depth of each of the color bitmapped images in the file. The
conversion does not apply to any external images you downloaded using the Image Downloader. You use the
conversion option in the Image Downloader to convert those images.
The conversion to grayscale takes place only when PlanetPress Design converts the document, or, if you
install the document in PlanetPress Watch/Server, only when PlanetPress Watch/Server converts the
document. Thus during document design, any color images in the document appear in color and do not reflect
their appearance in the output of the document.
If you want to change the color depth of only an individual image resource, you must edit that resource in an
image editor. If you want to change the color depth of an individual external bitmapped image, you must edit
that image in an external image editor, or use the Image Downloader.
To convert all color bitmapped image resources to grayscale:
1. Double-click on the Document node.
2. In the Document properties dialog box, click Resource options and in the Convert to monochrome
box, select the conversion setting for all color and grayscale images in the document.
Convert images to grayscale: Select when you want PlanetPress Design to automatically convert
every color bitmapped image resource to grayscale when it converts the document. Select Always to
have PlanetPress Design always perform the conversion. Select Never to prevent PlanetPress Design
from ever performing the conversion. Select PPD to have PlanetPress Design perform the conversion
only when the PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file associated with the document does not support
color. This option applies only for this document. The Convert images to grayscale option in the User
Options dialog box determines the option that appears here by default when you create the document.
3. Click OK.
Related topics:
• Static and Dynamic Images (Page 168)
• Image Formats: Bitmapped, Vector, and Metafile Formats (Page 171)
• Color Depth (Page 192)
• Change the Size of an Image (Page 201)
• Adjust Image Resolution (Page 202)
• Adjust the Pixel Dimensions of a Bitmapped Image (Page 204)
• Adjust the Image Quality Options (Page 204)
• Adjust the Scanline Orientation of Images (Page 206)
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