[Solved] Bitmaps in Draw

[stuart299]

Is it possible to edit the standard bitmaps that come with Draw? I can't find where they are stored, which would be the first step. Any guidance will be much appreciated.
Stuart

[RoryOF]

In the OO User Profile you should find a path .../4/user/gallery/

Also in the install directory for OO, a path similar to .../openoffice4/share/gallery/ ...

[stuart299]

Thanks for the quick response. I have looked in the various "gallery" folders but they only seem to contain files ending .sdv and .thm which I can't do anything with. I was assuming that somewhere there would be a sub-folder with a list of .png files with names similar to the descriptions that appear in the Format:Area:Bitmaps listing. I can't even find the OO copies of bitmaps that I have imported via that dialog box. They're obviously well-hidden - which makes me think that they can't be edited.

[John_Ha]

Most are not bitmaps as can be seen by stretching them - they scale perfectly without pixelating.

They are vector graphics and stored as .svg files in C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice 4\share\gallery.

Updating will overwrite any changes you make so you are better to add new ones to the gallery folder in the profile.

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[Zizi64]

A workaround tip for extract the built-in background images:

Insert one or more of them into a Draw document into the background of some shape. Save it into .odg file format. Close the AOO/LO. Rename the file .zip extension. Unpack the images from the inner directories.

[stuart299]

Most are not bitmaps as can be seen by stretching them - they scale perfectly without pixelating.

They are vector graphics and stored as .svg files in C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice 4\share\gallery.

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It wasn't the symbols I was referring to, it was the "bitmaps" as they are called on the Area dialog box tab - i.e. the images for 'stone', 'water', 'mercury', 'wall', etc... I couldn't find any filenames that seemed to refer to these images amongst the obvious symbol ones (circle, arrow, etc...) - but I'll take another look in case I have overlooked them.

[stuart299]

A workaround tip for extract the built-in background images:

Insert one or more of them into a Draw document into the background of some shape. Save it into .odg file format. Close the AOO/LO. Rename the file .zip extension. Unpack the images from the inner directories.

Many thanks for that suggestion - it was not something that I would have thought to do, and works perfectly of course.

[John_Ha]

C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice 4\share\gallery\www-back\marble.jpg etc.

[stuart299]

C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice 4\share\gallery\www-back\marble.jpg etc.

That's very helpful.
It hadn't ocurred to me to look in "www-back" for images But most of the images which appear under Area:Bitmaps are not in that sub-folder; so I'm still none the wiser as to where they may be hiding.
But I now have a work-around (thanks to Zizi64) to extract specific images, so that will do me for the time being.
Thanks to everyone for your help.

[John_Ha]

most of the images which appear under Area:Bitmaps are not in that sub-folder; so I'm still none the wiser as to where they may be hiding.

Look in all sub folders of C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice 4\share\gallery\ or please give the names of some missing images.

[stuart299]

"Brownstone", "Wall", "Gravel" to name just three...

[RoryOF]

If you open the Gallery (/Tools/Gallery) and select an image in the display, on my computer it gives the address and name of the file containing the image you have selected:

[stuart299]

Yes, but that's not what I'm talking about.
It's the images accessed through the Area:Bitmaps that you can use to fill a shape that I'm trying to locate.
But I have the work around suggested above, and so the "problem" is resolved for me.

[RoryOF]

I have looked into the source code; as far as I can see, the bitmaps are computed from some code sequence, but I stress I am not a C++ or Java programmer.

[John_Ha]

Click HELP in the Bitmap selection dialogue pop-up for much information.

[MrProgrammer]

"Brownstone", "Wall", "Gravel" to name just three...

I will use Wall an an example.

Insert one or more of them into a Draw document into the background of some shape. Save it into .odg file format. Close the AOO/LO. Rename the file .zip extension. Unpack the images from the inner directories.

This method avoids the rename/unpack steps, which may be difficult for some people. It saves the Wall bitmap.
• File → New → Drawing
• Format → Styles and Formatting → Default → Right-click → Modify → Area → Fill → Bitmap → Wall → OK
• Drawing toolbar → Rectangle → Drag inside drawing → Right-click → Convert → To Bitmap
• Right-click the bitmap → Save as picture

As far as I can see, the bitmaps are computed from some code sequence

The bitmaps are in file config/standard.sob in the user profile. I will guess that "sob" is an acronym for Star Office Bitmaps.

~ $ cd ~/Desktop/
Desktop $ mkdir Bitmaps; cd Bitmaps
Bitmaps $ unzip -j ~/"Library/Application Support/OpenOffice/4/user/config/standard.sob" "Pictures/*" | tail -n +2
  inflating: 100000000000000800000008DD0ADA29.png  
 extracting: 100000000000005E0000005E1A713443.png  
 extracting: 100000000000005E0000005E1E2E908A.png  
 extracting: 100000000000005E0000005E399CADCB.png  
  inflating: 100000000000005E0000005E4FF81E94.png  
  inflating: 100000000000005E0000005E5B963AC0.png  
 extracting: 100000000000005E0000005E60E90F8C.png  
  inflating: 100000000000005E0000005E71533790.png  
  inflating: 100000000000005E0000005E771798E6.png  
  inflating: 100000000000005E0000005E7FDCEED9.png  
  inflating: 100000000000005E0000005E9146F0E7.png  
 extracting: 100000000000005E0000005EA38222DC.png  
 extracting: 100000000000005E0000005EABCB7412.png  
 extracting: 100000000000005E0000005EAD372462.png  
 extracting: 100000000000005E0000005EB30A7831.png  
  inflating: 100000000000005E0000005ECD3186FD.png  
  inflating: 100000000000005E0000005ED0E4C6B8.png  
  inflating: 100000000000005E0000005ED5F5C24A.png  
  inflating: 100000000000005E0000005EDF9FDE90.png  
 extracting: 100000000000005E0000005EF7C28CD5.png  
  inflating: 10000000000000B4000000876EF466FB.png

Wall is the last file in the list above.

Bitmaps 82 $ unzip -p ~/"Library/Application Support/OpenOffice/4/user/config/standard.sob" Content.xml | 
             tidy -q --input-xml y --indent-attributes y 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ooo:bitmap-table xmlns:office="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0"
                  xmlns:draw="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:drawing:1.0"
                  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
                  xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                  xmlns:ooo="http://openoffice.org/2004/office">
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Empty"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000000800000008DD0ADA29.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Sky"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005E71533790.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Aqua"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005EA38222DC.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Coarse"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005E9146F0E7.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Space"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005EAD372462.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Metal"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005EB30A7831.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Wet"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005E4FF81E94.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Marble"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005E60E90F8C.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Linen"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005EABCB7412.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Stone"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005E771798E6.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Space Metal"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005E399CADCB.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Pebbles"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005EDF9FDE90.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Wall"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/10000000000000B4000000876EF466FB.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Red Wall"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005E1E2E908A.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Pattern"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005EF7C28CD5.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Leaves"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005E7FDCEED9.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Lawn Artificial"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005E5B963AC0.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Daisy"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005ED0E4C6B8.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Orange"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005E1A713443.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Fiery"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005ECD3186FD.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
<draw:fill-image draw:name="Roses"
                 xlink:href="Pictures/100000000000005E0000005ED5F5C24A.png"
                 xlink:type="simple"
                 xlink:show="embed"
                 xlink:actuate="onLoad" />
</ooo:bitmap-table>