I'd use ImageMagick and batch it. On Jul 20, 2012, at 1:44 AM, Simon Wise wrote:
> On 19/07/12 22:58, András Murányi wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Hans Roels<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I need pictures of> 300 dpi of a Pd patch to publish them in an article. > >> Hi Hans, >> >> The postscript files that Pd generates for me (here on Linux at least) are >> vector-graphic, which means they have a so-to-say "infinite resolution": >> one can zoom into them endlessly and shapes will still be perfect and >> pixel-free. (see attached screenshot of pd-window in the foreground and >> zoomed postscript in the background) >> I suggest that you check that this applies to your postscript files as well >> (take a look into them with Document Viewer in Gnome or Ghostscript on >> Windows) and is they prove to be vector-graphic, you can simply tell the >> editor not to worry and go ahead using them. >> (Of course, if someone opens a postscript file with the wrong program, it >> can look pixelated when it is actually not.) > > if your editor is incapable of dealing with the postscript files and requires > you to generate final artwork for them as pixel graphics then you will need > to do that work for them. And they will need to do much better than "more > than 300dpi" as a spec for what format they require for artwork. > > On Linux I just tested a couple of apps and Scribus seems to do a nice job of > importing the pd.ps files exported by Pd 0.43.1 ... allowing you to export it > as an image file in whatever resolution you like, in many formats ... but as > Miller says there is a slight difference in font size that you may need to > correct for in Pd if you are relying very much on font size for your layout. > > Inkscape didn't cope with the pd.ps file very well at all, and the various > PDF viewers I have were more limited in their saving options. > > On other OSes there are also plenty of choices for layout apps which will > read the pd.ps files properly. > > > Simon > > > > -------- Dan Wilcox danomatika.com robotcowboy.com
_______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
