> > How about trying this direct from gmeta to a .png (Portable
> >Network Graphics) plot format image file? Anyone know of such a
> >graphcap file which can let ctrans do this?. (Or how about .gif
> >(Graphics Image File), .jpg (JPEG Image File), .bmp (Windows
> >bitmap image file), or .pcx (ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file)?)
One more way to get .gif or .png images from metafiles is to
use ctrans to create postscript, then load that into the Gimp
(Gnu image manipulation program). Using the Gimp, you can control
the amount of anti-aliasing and also the conversion to an
indexed color palette. I like the results with moderate
anti-aliasing - some of the other packages mentioned lead to
terrible aliasing (staircase jaggies on sloping lines).
The Gimp lets you do anything at all to your bitmapped images,
but the learning curve is fierce.
Kate
-- Kate Hedström Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences kate@imcs.rutgers.edu Rutgers University
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