> $ convert /Users/megrimm/ID242.pdf /tmp/ID242.png yes this works fine.
also, as a side note, SVG does load but $fink install imagemagick-svg is needed first > vector graphic (pdf) is converted to a rasterized image (imagemagick) > which will then be displayed in a vector oriented scene (Gem) only to be > rasterized for the final output (screen). to clarify this is: vector->rasterized->vector->rasterized thats quite the process! > a better approach would be to have vector graphics be imported as vector > graphics (ala "model") agreed. what would this look like? a separate plugin i assume? like modelSVG or modelPDF? m On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:04 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2012-03-26 19:30, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: >> no, pix_image with imageMAGICK can load pdfs (though it takes a while to >> render them) > > and just for clarification: "render" here means the rasterization > process if ImageMagick that converts a vector graphic into a rasterized > image. the raster-image is then displayed (aka "rendered", but that was > not the meaing i intended) using Gem, which should be fast enough. > > this also shows some obvious disadvantage of the current method: a > vector graphic (pdf) is converted to a rasterized image (imagemagick) > which will then be displayed in a vector oriented scene (Gem) only to be > rasterized for the final output (screen). > a better approach would be to have vector graphics be imported as vector > graphics (ala "model") > > fgmasdr > IOhannes > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEUEARECAAYFAk9xZpEACgkQkX2Xpv6ydvShwQCY+GCiSE7hAqymr0IW+ZMkoYaj > jACeNMeEbee0UeOeOSguQUJvS/bpQ0k= > =/wTe > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > GEM-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/gem-dev > -- ____________________ m.e.grimm | m.f.a | ed.m. [email protected] _________________________________ _______________________________________________ GEM-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/gem-dev
