Hi, Robin Bowes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've got a pdf file that I need to convert to pcx to use as a fax template. > > I've installed The GIMP, along with Ghostscript and I can create the > pcx file fine. > > However, I'd like to reduce file size by reducing the colour depth to > 2, i.e. black and white. > > I can do this in MS Photo Editor by Choosing File|Properties and > selecting Image Type "Monochrome". This reduces the file size from > 215KB to 99KB. > > How can I do the same thing from The GIMP? I'm sure it must be > possible, but I'm just not looking in the right place! No, it isn't currently possible. But it would be rather simple to add some code to the PCX plug-in so that it stores a monochrome PCX file in case that the image is in INDEXED mode and the palette only has two entries. A couple of plug-ins already behave this way. Sven _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
