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Article #210Re: Painting an Image: beginner's questions
From: Jeffrey H. Coffield
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:51
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:51
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jdaw1 wrote: > In a bit more than a decade of occasional PostScript programming, I > have never needed to paint a bitmap image. For the first time, I do. > > Are there standard routines for images in common formats (e.g., any of > PNG, GIF, JPG)? Rephrased, is there a standard snippet of PostScript > that my code can use to render a local file (e.g., example.png or > example.gif or example.jpg) onto the current page? > > The image itself will probably start as JPG, but can be > GraphicConverter'd into any standard format. Further I understand that > the code might need to know a few things, such as the image size, but > I'm happy to add that 'manually'. > > Thank you. A simple Google search returned this http://www.usq.edu.au/users/leis/notes/latex/postscript.html Look for jpeg2ps. I have not used it so I can't say if it's good or not. Jeff Coffield http://www.digitalsynergyinc.com
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