On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:12:25PM -0700, Ken Barber wrote: > On Sunday 22 August 2004 12:07 pm, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > There's a lot of overlapping functionality in the IM programs. You > > can use either mogrify or convert to scale images. However, the > > convert manpage says, "Convert converts an input file using one > > image format to an output file with a differing image format." > > and the mogrify manpage says "Mogrify transforms an image or a > > sequence of images. These transforms include image scaling, ...". > > > > So, according to the documentation, one would think that mogrify > > was the "correct" program for scaling images. > > Oh. Now I see. > > As far as I can tell, convert and mogrify do exactly the same things -- I > believe that all of the option switches available in one are also available > in the other. But I can't say that for certain because I can't remember ever > having used mogrify. > > The impression I got from the documentation is that they both do the same job, > but mogrify overwrites the original file while convert preserves it, forcing > the user to choose another filename for the output image. > > I have used, and continue to use, convert extensively and I have written > several scripts to automate my tasks. My only real frustration is that > apparently convert doesn't support putting sRGB and gAMA chunks into PNG > images. 'Tis a pity, because I would like to use tagged images that look the > same whether they're being viewed on a (non-color-managed) PC or a (modern, > color-managed) Mac. Maybe I'll write a little program in C that will insert > the chunks.
chek this out: http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/ lots of cools tricks -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
