Bug 133546 - LibODev 7.0 Beta 1 regression in insertion of PDF image wrt image size
Summary: LibODev 7.0 Beta 1 regression in insertion of PDF image wrt image size
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Draw (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.0.0.0.alpha0+
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: bibisected, bisected, regression
: 141194 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2020-05-31 10:06 UTC by Callegar
Modified: 2022-02-28 08:29 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Attachments
Test PDF image to insert (100mm x 100mm) (8.52 KB, application/pdf)
2020-06-07 08:01 UTC, Callegar
Details
Screenshot of image correctly inserted in LibO 6.4 draw (247.49 KB, image/png)
2020-06-07 08:03 UTC, Callegar
Details
Screenshot of image inserted in LibO 7 beta draw at a too large size (383.00 KB, image/png)
2020-06-07 08:05 UTC, Callegar
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Description Callegar 2020-05-31 10:06:49 UTC
Description:
In LibODev 7.0 Beta 1 draw and impress, PDF images are imported with a wrong size.

Example a PDF image created with inkscape that is 100 mm times 100 mm, once imported appears as 190 mm times 190 mm (I suppose because it gets limited to the in-margin area of an A4 paper) and pressing "original size" brings it to 362 mm times 362 mm.

The same image, imported in LibO 6.4 is 100 mm times 100 mm.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open draw
2. Import a PDF image

Actual Results:
Image is imported with correct proportions but a wrong size

Expected Results:
Image should be imported at the correct size


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-US
Module: DrawingDocument
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Linux (All)
OS is 64bit: yes
Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2020-05-31 18:58:52 UTC
Imported or Inserted? Completely different actions.

Opening with Draw--is "Imported"

Inserting as Image into Draw, Impress, Writer or Calc is "Inserted"
Comment 2 Callegar 2020-05-31 21:41:30 UTC
My mistake: inserted
Comment 3 V Stuart Foote 2020-06-01 01:31:12 UTC
Not seeing an issue here. When we insert any image, we normally want the image to either fit within width in the frame/section we have selected active, or to have it fit within width of page margins as set.

The pdfium based PDF insert follows this behavior--expanding to fit within frame, or within page margin--keeping image proportion and resizing as needed to fit width.

=> WFM
Comment 4 Callegar 2020-06-01 07:41:44 UTC
Not really, the default behavior has always been to /fit inside the margins/. Namely, when inserting an image, the size information stored in the image (either directly as in PDF or indirectly via the DPI in raster images) is compared with the available space. If the image is larger than the margins, it is fit to the margins, otherwise it is inserted at its size. It has never been the case that images that are already small enough to fit in the margins are enlarged to the drawing area. This is what is happening now and was not happening with LibO 6.x.
Comment 5 Xisco Faulí 2020-06-03 08:49:04 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug. Please attach a sample document, as this makes it easier for us to verify the bug. 
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once the requested document is provided.
(Please note that the attachment will be public, remove any sensitive information before attaching it. 
See https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FAQ#How_can_I_eliminate_confidential_data_from_a_sample_document.3F for help on how to do so.)
Comment 6 Callegar 2020-06-07 08:01:27 UTC
Created attachment 161708 [details]
Test PDF image to insert (100mm x 100mm)
Comment 7 Callegar 2020-06-07 08:03:31 UTC
Created attachment 161709 [details]
Screenshot of image correctly inserted in LibO 6.4 draw
Comment 8 Callegar 2020-06-07 08:05:21 UTC
Created attachment 161710 [details]
Screenshot of image inserted in LibO 7 beta draw at a too large size
Comment 9 Callegar 2020-06-07 08:15:15 UTC
I have attached a test case. To reproduce, it is sufficient to fire up LibO draw and use insert->image.

In LibO 6.4 the image gets inserted correctly. The inserted image is 100mm x 100 mm as it should.

In LibO 7 beta the image gets inserted at a too big size, namely it is scaled to the margins even if the original image was small enough to fit in the margin.

There are also other minor problems. They will probably best be addressed in separate bugs, but I'd like to also mention them here just in case they can get fixed as side effects of fixing the principal issue:

1. When the image is scaled to the margins, its position is not aligned to the margins.

2. The resolution by which the pdf image is inserted visualizing a raster version of it for efficiency is too low. This is likely a side effect of LibO 7 beta scaling the image up. However, the same thing also happens in LibO 6.x if one inserts the image and then manually scales it up to a larger size. Because, LibO knows the original vector image, the bitmap should probably be automatically refreshed when the image is scaled, in order to get an appropriate resolution.

3. The original PDF image has no background. However, the inserted image has a solid white background. This is bug 106581.
Comment 10 Regina Henschel 2020-06-07 12:58:26 UTC
Not only size but also type changes. LO6.4.5 has "image" and LO7.0.0beta1 has "svg".

Tested with Version: 6.4.5.0.0+ (x64)
Build ID: 70a2071ce91b71326659e645dd97996262ea309a
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18362; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: de-DE (en_US); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: CL

and with Version: 7.0.0.0.beta1+ (x64)
Build ID: 8c08eefeb512d4cbc86c4c5308d86a59bd232beb
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18362; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 11 V Stuart Foote 2020-06-07 13:37:14 UTC
Default handling (scale to margins) of the pdfium generated image has changed, but not sure that is a bug.  IIU?C all images are scaled to margins on insertion.

Otherwise, it is trivial to restore the inserted image to its original dimensions.

Select the image

context menu open 'Properties'

on the 'Crop' tab, select the 'Original size' button

'OK" the dialog to apply.

The image will resize to original drawn from the source PDF.  Save to Flat ODF delivers the rendered PNG, and the original PDF in a Frame to hold it.

IMNHO behavior fo the pdfium import filter has changed, WFM and NAB

@Tomaž?
Comment 12 V Stuart Foote 2020-06-07 14:00:38 UTC
Oh crud!  Sorry, I read insert and thought Writer and tested there as indicated--behavior is as expected.

Behavior in Draw is as reported. And, the 'Original size' context menu action has lost linkage to the source PDF--its resize is not correct.

Don't doubt Regina's SVG result--but on save to Flat ODG the source PDF remains along with the replacement PNG. The size for the graphic frame is enormous, and the Original size button action resizes to ~36cm--bearing no relation to the PDFs.

So, yep have an issue with the handling in Draw, not present inserting PDF into the other modules.
Comment 13 Regina Henschel 2020-06-07 14:03:06 UTC
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #12)
 
> Don't doubt Regina's SVG result--

It is about the type reported in the status bar, if the object is selected.
Comment 14 Aron Budea 2020-10-19 04:06:41 UTC
Bibisected to the following commit using repo bibisect-linux-64-7.0. Adding CC: to Kendy.

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=6ac2d66c78d6c080aabfa46157113684c2f3a3b0
author		Jan Holesovsky <kendy@collabora.com>	2019-10-18 11:19:04 +0200
committer	Tomaž Vajngerl <quikee@gmail.com>	2020-03-17 22:01:15 +0100

pdfium: Make Insert -> Image... use VectorGraphicData for PDF.
Comment 15 Jan Holesovsky 2020-10-20 10:20:32 UTC
Quikee: Can you please have a look at some stage?  Thank you!
Comment 16 Xisco Faulí 2021-03-23 10:29:03 UTC
*** Bug 141194 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 17 Callegar 2021-03-28 17:28:47 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 18 Aron Budea 2021-12-06 04:36:04 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 19 Aron Budea 2021-12-06 04:50:13 UTC
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #11)
> Default handling (scale to margins) of the pdfium generated image has
> changed, but not sure that is a bug.  IIU?C all images are scaled to margins
> on insertion.
I'd consider that a bug, if the image is smaller than that, why should it get scaled?
Comment 20 Callegar 2021-12-19 10:52:31 UTC
@Aron Budea

> Yes, please open a separate bug report if you haven't already.

Waiting until this major issue is solved, since behavior may get modified again in the solution. For the time being I just wanted to annotate the information on the tracker.

> pdfium generated image has changed, but not sure that is a bug

Unfortunately, the migration to pdfium has not been smooth. There were a lot of issues (appearance of a solid white background in imported images when the original PDF does not have it remains my main grievance). Indeed in some cases there were also behaviors that changed with no expectation that are not really bugs even if the lack of anticipation created problems. In this specific case, I would say that we are most certainly facing a bug, though. The image gets distorted for no reason, it is hart-to-impossible to fix it by editing the document and document exchange with people using other LibO versions is hindered.

In any case, it is surely an easy to work around problem since other image formats exist and it is not difficult to convert PDF to something else but I am not sure this is actually a good thing. What can be expected is that users who got bitten by these issues will start working around them by editing their documents to use PNGs rather than vector images and the casual user will be told to merely avoid the LibO+PDF images combination by the more experienced one.
Comment 21 Justin L 2022-02-28 08:29:11 UTC
This seems to have been fixed in LO 7.4 by
author	Tomaž Vajngerl on 2021-12-06 12:43:00 +0100
commit 4c00e8fb10437fcaefe8635ef390b78376938d15
    Add image preferred DPI document setting, use it in Writer, Impress
    This adds a "image preferred DPI" document setting, which is used
    as a suggestion of the DPI that an image should have in the
    document. This is currently used when the image is inserted into
    the document (Writer, Impress/Draw) to resize it to the preferred
    DPI value.