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<document>
<header>
<title>Apache™ FOP: Graphics Formats</title>
<version>$Revision$</version>
</header>
<body>
<section id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<p>
Some noteworthy features of the image handling subsystem are:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
The image libraries Jimi and JAI are not supported. Instead, Apache™ FOP uses the
Image I/O API that was introduced with Java 1.4 for all bitmap codecs.
</li>
<li>
Some bitmap images are not converted to a standardized 24 bit RGB image but are
instead handled in their native format.
</li>
<li>
A plug-in mechanism offers a possibility to add support for new formats without changing
the FOP's source code.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
The actual <a href="http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/image-loader.html">image loading framework</a>
does not reside in Apache FOP, but in
<a href="ext:xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/">XML Graphics Commons</a>.
</p>
</section>
<section id="support-overview">
<title>Overview of Graphics Support</title>
<p>
The table below summarizes the <em>theoretical</em> support for graphical formats
within FOP. In other words, within the constraints of the limitations listed here,
these formats <em>should</em> work. However, many of them have not been tested,
and there may be limitations that have not yet been discovered or documented.
The packages needed to support some formats are not included in the FOP distribution
and must be installed separately. Follow the links in the "Support Through" columns
for more details.
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">Format</th>
<th rowspan="2">Type</th>
<th colspan="3">Support Through</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><a href="#native">Apache FOP (native)</a></th>
<th><a href="#batik">Apache Batik</a></th>
<th><a href="#imageio">Image I/O</a></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#bmp">BMP</a> (Microsoft Windows Bitmap)</td>
<td>bitmap</td>
<td/>
<td/>
<td>X [1]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#emf">EMF</a> (Windows Enhanced Metafile)</td>
<td>vector (with embedded bitmaps)</td>
<td>(X)</td>
<td/>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#eps">EPS</a> (Encapsulated PostScript)</td>
<td>metafile (both bitmap and vector), most frequently used for vector drawings</td>
<td>(X)</td>
<td/>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)</td>
<td>bitmap</td>
<td/>
<td/>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#jpeg">JPEG</a> (Joint Photographic Experts Group)</td>
<td>bitmap</td>
<td>(X)</td>
<td/>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#png">PNG</a> (Portable Network Graphic)</td>
<td>bitmap</td>
<td/>
<td/>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#svg">SVG</a> (Scalable Vector Graphics)</td>
<td>vector (with embedded bitmaps)</td>
<td/>
<td>X</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#tiff">TIFF</a> (Tag Image Format File)</td>
<td>bitmap</td>
<td>(X)</td>
<td/>
<td>X [1]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#wmf">WMF</a> (Windows Metafile)</td>
<td>vector (with embedded bitmaps)</td>
<td/>
<td>(X)</td>
<td/>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
Legend:
</p>
<ul>
<li>"(X)" means restricted support. Please see the details below.</li>
<li>
[1]: Requires the presence of <a href="http://jai-imageio.dev.java.net/">JAI Image I/O Tools</a>
(or an equivalent Image I/O compatible codec) in the classpath. JAI Image I/O Tools also
adds support for JPEG 2000, WBMP, RAW and PNM. Other Image I/O codecs may provide
support for additional formats.
</li>
</ul>
<note>
<a href="http://jai-imageio.dev.java.net/">JAI Image I/O Tools</a> is not the same as the
<a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/media/jai/">JAI library</a>! The
former simply exposes JAI's codecs using the Image&nbsp;I/O API but does not include all
the image manipulation functionality.
</note>
<section id="format-map">
<title>Map of supported image formats by output format</title>
<p>
Not all image formats are supported for all output formats! For example, while you can
use EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files when you generate PostScript output, this format
will not be supported by any other output format. Here's an overview of which image
formats are supported by which output format:
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Image Format</th>
<th>PDF</th>
<th>PostScript</th>
<th>Java2D, PNG, TIFF, AWT</th>
<th>PCL</th>
<th>AFP</th>
<th>RTF</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#bmp">BMP</a> (Microsoft Windows Bitmap)</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#emf">EMF</a> (Windows Enhanced Metafile)</td>
<td/>
<td/>
<td/>
<td/>
<td/>
<td>X [1]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#eps">EPS</a> (Encapsulated PostScript)</td>
<td/>
<td>X [1]</td>
<td/>
<td/>
<td/>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#jpeg">JPEG</a> (Joint Photographic Experts Group)</td>
<td>X [1]</td>
<td>X [1]</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X [1]</td>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#png">PNG</a> (Portable Network Graphic)</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#svg">SVG</a> (Scalable Vector Graphics)</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#tiff">TIFF</a> (Tag Image Format File)</td>
<td>X [2]</td>
<td>X [2]</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X [2]</td>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#wmf">WMF</a> (Windows Metafile)</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
<td>X</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
Legend:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
[1]: Supported without the need to decode the image.
</li>
<li>
[2]: Supported without the need to decode the image, but only for certain subtypes.
</li>
</ul>
</section>
</section>
<section id="packages">
<title>Graphics Packages</title>
<section id="native">
<title>XML Graphics Commons Native</title>
<p>
<a href="ext:xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons">XML Graphics Commons</a> supports a number
of graphic file formats natively as basic functionality: all bitmap formats for which
there are Image I/O codecs available (JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, etc.), EPS and EMF.
</p>
</section>
<section id="fop-native">
<title>FOP Native</title>
<p>
FOP has no native image plug-ins for the image loading framework of its own but currently
hosts the Batik-dependent SVG and WMF plug-ins until they can be moved to
<a href="ext:xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik">Apache Batik</a>.
</p>
</section>
<section id="batik">
<title>Apache Batik</title>
<p>
<a href="ext:xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik">Apache Batik</a> will later receive the
SVG and WMF plug-ins for the image loading framework that are currently hosted inside
FOP.
</p>
<p>
Current FOP distributions include a distribution of the
<a class="fork" href="ext:xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik">Apache Batik</a>.
Because Batik's API changes frequently, it is highly recommended that you use the
version that ships with FOP, at least when running FOP.
</p>
<warning>Batik must be run in a graphical environment.</warning>
<p>
Batik must be run in a graphical environment.
It uses AWT classes for rendering SVG, which in turn require an X server on Unixish
systems. If you run a server without X, or if you can't connect to the X server due to
security restrictions or policies (a so-called "headless" environment), SVG rendering
will fail.
</p>
<p>Here are some workarounds:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Start Java with the <code>-Djava.awt.headless=true</code> command line option.
</li>
<li>
Install an X server which provides an in-memory framebuffer without actually using a
screen device or any display hardware. One example is Xvfb.
</li>
<li>
Install a toolkit which emulates AWT without the need for an underlying X server. One
example is the <a href="http://www.eteks.com/pja/en">PJA toolkit</a>, which is free
and comes with detailed installation instructions.
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="imageio">
<title>Image I/O</title>
<p>
The image loading framework in <a href="ext:xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons">XML Graphics Commons</a>
provides a wrapper to load images through the
<a class="fork" href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/imageio/index.html">JDK's Image I/O API</a> (JSR 015).
Image I/O allows to dynamically add additional image codecs. An example of such an
add-on library are the
<a class="fork" href="http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/">JAI Image I/O Tools</a>
available from Sun.
</p>
</section>
</section>
<section id="image-formats">
<title>Details on image formats</title>
<section id="bmp">
<title>BMP</title>
<p>
BMP images are supported through an Image I/O codec. There may be limitations of the
codec which are outside the control of Apache FOP.
</p>
</section>
<section id="emf">
<title>EMF</title>
<p>
Windows Enhanced Metafiles (EMF) are only supported in RTF output where they are
embedded without decoding.
</p>
</section>
<section id="eps">
<title>EPS</title>
<p>Apache FOP allows to use EPS files when generating PostScript output only.</p>
<p>
Other output targets can't be supported at the moment because
FOP lacks a PostScript interpreter. Furthermore, FOP is currently not able
to parse the preview bitmaps sometimes contained in EPS files.
</p>
</section>
<section id="gif">
<title>GIF</title>
<p>
GIF images are supported through an Image&nbsp;I/O codec. Transparency is supported but
not guaranteed to work with every output format.
</p>
</section>
<section id="jpeg">
<title>JPEG</title>
<p>
FOP native support (i.e. the handling of undecoded images) of JPEG does not include all
variants, especially those containing unusual color lookup tables and color profiles.
If you have trouble with a JPEG image in FOP, try opening it with an image processing
program (such as Photoshop or Gimp) and then saving it. Specifying 24-bit color output
may also help. For the PDF and PostScript renderers most JPEG images can be passed
through without decompression. User reports indicate that grayscale, RGB, and
CMYK color spaces are all rendered properly. However, for other output formats, the
JPEG images have to be decompressed. Tests have shown that there are some limitation
in some Image&nbsp;I/O codecs concerning images in the CMYK color space. Work-arounds are
in place but may not always work as expected.
</p>
</section>
<section id="png">
<title>PNG</title>
<p>
PNG images are supported through an Image&nbsp;I/O codec. Transparency is supported but
not guaranteed to work with every output format.
</p>
</section>
<section id="svg">
<title>SVG</title>
<section id="svg-intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
<p>FOP uses <a href="#batik"> Apache Batik</a> for SVG support.
This format can be handled as an <code>fo:instream-foreign-object</code> or in a separate
file referenced with <code>fo:external-graphic</code>.</p>
<note>
Batik's SVG Rasterizer utility may also be used to convert standalone SVG
documents into PDF. For more information please see the
<a href="http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/svgrasterizer.html">SVG Rasterizer documentation</a>
on the Batik site.
</note>
</section>
<section id="svg-pdf-graphics">
<title>Placing SVG Graphics into PDF</title>
<p>
The SVG is rendered into PDF by using PDF commands to draw and fill
lines and curves. This means that the graphical objects created with
this remain as vector graphics. The same applies to PostScript output.
For other output formats the SVG graphic may be converted to a bitmap
image.
</p>
<p>
There are a number of SVG things that cannot be converted directly into
PDF. Parts of the graphic such as effects, patterns and images are inserted
into the PDF as a raster graphic. The resolution of these raster images can
be controlled through the "target resolution" setting in the
<a href="configuration.html">configuration</a>.</p>
<p>
Currently transparency is limited in PDF so some SVG images that
contain effects or graphics with transparent areas may not be displayed
correctly.
</p>
</section>
<section id="svg-pdf-text">
<title>Placing SVG Text into PDF and PostScript</title>
<p>If possible, Batik will use normal PDF or PostScript text when inserting text. It does
this by checking if the text can be drawn normally and the font is
supported. This example svg <a href="../dev/svg/text.svg">text.svg</a> /
<a href="../dev/svg/text.pdf">text.pdf</a> / <a href="../dev/svg/text.png">text.png</a>
shows how various types and effects with text are handled.
Note that SVG font support is not yet implemented. Furthermore, text handling in
PostScript output is inferior to PDF output - more text will be painted as shapes in
PS than in PDF.
</p>
<p>
When there's no support to paint text using native text operations,
text is converted and drawn as a set of shapes by Batik, using the
stroking text painter. This means that a typical character will
have about 10 curves (each curve consists of at least 20 characters).
This can make the output files large and when it is viewed the
viewer may not normally draw those fine curves very well (In Adobe Acrobat, turning on
"Smooth Line Art" in the preferences will fix this). Copy/paste functionality
will not be supported in this case.
If the text is inserted into the output file using the inbuilt text commands
it will use a single character.
</p>
<p>
Note that because SVG text can be rendered as either text or a vector graphic, you
may need to consider settings in your viewer for both. The Acrobat viewer has both
"smooth line art" and "smooth text" settings that may need to be set for SVG images
to be displayed nicely on your screen (see Edit / Preferences / Display).
This setting will not affect the printing of your document, which should be OK in
any case, but will only affect the quality of the screen display.
</p>
</section>
<section id="svg-font-selection">
<title>Font selection notes</title>
<p>
Apache Batik uses the AWT/Java2D subsystem as font source while FOP has its own font
subsystem. Great care has been taken that font selection does the best possible choices.
But it must be noted when creating PDF or PostScript that a font used in SVG graphics
needs to be registered with the operating system as well as in FOP's configuration.
By using FOP's font auto-detection, you simply have to install the font in the operating
system and not care about anything else. This is less of an issue if you create
formats like TIFFs, PNGs or PCL because in these cases SVG graphics are usually rendered
to bitmaps which means that on both sides (Batik and FOP), AWT/Java2D is used as the
single font source.
</p>
<p>
Whenever an SVG is converted into a PDF or PostScript file, the font that has been used
inside Batik has to be mapped to a font used by the actual output format. Features like
font substitution in FOP may need to be taken into account but can also be an advantage
when working around font mapping issues. Like for XSL-FO content, you'll get a warning
if a particular font could not be found and had to be substituted, or if a particular
glyph is missing in a font.
</p>
</section>
<section id="svg-scaling">
<title>Scaling</title>
<p>
Currently, SVG images are rendered with the dimensions specified <em>in the SVG
file</em>, within the viewport specified in the fo:external-graphic element.
For everything to work properly, the two should be equal. The SVG standard leaves
this issue as an implementation detail. Additional scaling options are available
through XSL-FO means.
</p>
<p>
If you use pixels to specify the size of an SVG graphic the "source resolution" setting
in the <a href="configuration.html">configuration</a> will be used to determine the
size of a pixel. The use of pixels to specify sizes is discouraged as they may
be interpreted differently in different environments.
</p>
</section>
<section id="svg-problems">
<title>Known Problems</title>
<ul>
<li>
Soft mask transparency is combined with white so that it looks better
on PDF 1.3 viewers but this causes the soft mask to be slightly lighter
or darker on PDF 1.4 viewers.
</li>
<li>
There is some problem with a gradient inside a pattern which may cause a PDF
error when viewed in Acrobat 5.
</li>
<li>
Text is not always handled correctly, it may select the wrong font
especially if characters have multiple fonts in the font list.
</li>
<li>
Uniform transparency for images and other SVG elements that are converted
into a raster graphic are not drawn properly in PDF. The image is opaque.
</li>
</ul>
</section>
</section>
<section id="tiff">
<title>TIFF</title>
<p>
FOP can embed TIFF images without decompression into PDF, PostScript and AFP if they
have either CCITT T.4, CCITT T.6, or JPEG compression. Otherwise, a TIFF-capable
Image&nbsp;I/O codec is necessary for decoding the image.
</p>
<p>
There may be some limitation concerning images in the CMYK color space.
</p>
</section>
<section id="wmf">
<title>WMF</title>
<p>
Windows Metafiles (WMF) are supported through classes in
<a href="ext:xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik">Apache Batik</a>. At the moment, support
for this format is experimental and may not always work as expected.
</p>
</section>
</section>
<section id="resolution">
<title>Graphics Resolution</title>
<p>
Some bitmapped image file formats store a dots-per-inch (dpi) or other resolution
values. FOP tries to use this resolution information whenever possible to determine
the image's intrinsic size. This size is used during the layout process when it is not
superseded by an explicit size on fo:external-graphic (content-width and content-height
properties).
</p>
<p>
Please note that not all images contain resolution information. If it's not available
the source resolution set on the FopFactory (or through the user configuration XML) is used.
The default here is 72 dpi.
</p>
<p>
Bitmap images are generally embedded into the output format at their original resolution
(as is). No resampling of the image is performed. Explicit resampling is on our wishlist,
but hasn't been implemented, yet. Bitmaps included in SVG graphics may be resampled to
the resolution specified in the "target resolution" setting in the
<a href="configuration.html">configuration</a> if SVG filters are applied. This can be
used as a work-around to resample images in FO documents.
</p>
</section>
<section id="page-selection">
<title>Page selection for multi-page formats</title>
<p>
Some image formats such as TIFF support multiple pages/sub-images per file. You can
select a particular page using a special URI fragment in the form:
<uri>#page=<nr>
(for example: <code>http://localhost/images/myimage.tiff#page=3</code>)
</p>
</section>
<section id="caching">
<title>Image caching</title>
<p>
FOP caches images between runs. There is one cache per FopFactory instance. The URI is
used as a key to identify images which means that when a particular URI appears again,
the image is taken from the cache. If you have a servlet that generates a different
image each time it is called with the same URI you need to use a constantly
changing dummy parameter on the URI to avoid caching.
</p>
<p>
The image cache has been improved considerably in the redesigned code. Therefore,
resetting the image cache should be a thing of the past. If you
still experience OutOfMemoryErrors, please notify us.
</p>
<p>
If all else fails, the image cache can be cleared like this:
<code>fopFactory.getImageManager().getCache().clearCache();</code>
</p>
</section>
</body>
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