From time to time we run into the issue, that the prepress guys are not retaining absolute image dimensions when batch processing images (e.g. creating lowres layout files). InDesign resolves this gracefully by basing the scale and offset on relative values (or so it seems) - that way you can replace a 100 x 50 mm image with a 200 x 100 mm image and the visible frame content will remain identical.
As Quark handles this with absolute values, an -11 mm offset will remain an -11 mm offset; the content will appear 2x the size and off to the right.
I guess this should be relatively easy to solve with a script.
Iterate over /oldFiles/ and /newFiles/ and calculate the scale ratio for each image.
then iterate over the image boxes in the quark layout and apply that ratio to the offset and scale for each box.
Before I reinvent the wheel or overcomplicate things - does the above sound like a reasonable approach?
As Quark handles this with absolute values, an -11 mm offset will remain an -11 mm offset; the content will appear 2x the size and off to the right.
I guess this should be relatively easy to solve with a script.
Iterate over /oldFiles/ and /newFiles/ and calculate the scale ratio for each image.
then iterate over the image boxes in the quark layout and apply that ratio to the offset and scale for each box.
Before I reinvent the wheel or overcomplicate things - does the above sound like a reasonable approach?