Hi, On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 08:41:18AM -0800, Henry House wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 03:37:31PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > [...] > > I am pushing for this to be a Linux server. > > > > I am looking for recommendations for the following types of software to: > > > > [1] Convert an image between various formats (e.g., jpg -> png, &c.) > > This software must: > > [a] Convert between many graphics formats with minimum resolution > > loss; > > [b] Convert images between various sizes and resolutions; > > [c] Be automatable, preferably via CLI. > > > > [2] Animate a set of images. This software must: > > [a] Deal effectively with high resolution images; > > [b] Allow automatic replay (i.e., tape loop); > > [c] Output to file formats readily available on wintel and mac > > platforms; > > [d] Be automatable, preferably via CLI. > > You can do all of this using the Gimp and script-fu. Though most folks use > the Gimp interactively, there is a batch mode which can be used > non-interactively. The real power is that you can do anything that the Gimp > can do (a lot) and have a real programming language (script-fu, a lisp > dialect). There is no need for local display hardware. One of the authors of > the Gimp runs an online photo service using a cluster of headless gimp > servers hooked up to a web form interface.
True but... (This may be already mentioned in thread but I lost it) imagemagik may be your friend :) No packages found matching imagemagick. ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii imagemagick 5.4.2.3-1 Image manipulation programs. -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My debian quick-reference, http://qref.sourceforge.net/quick/ +
