Hi Roberto > > I need to convert PNG files to EPS so I can include them in a LyX > document. I've tried using "convert" and it works, but the output looks > pretty bad on GV. Is that a "convert" problem or do all PNG -> EPS > conversions look bad? >
I think that most eps images look bad in Lyx or in GV (I think they use the same rendering engine). I had some photographs which were jpegs and I converted them to eps to put in a LyX document. They look very grainy in LyX and in GV but they print perfectly. Depending on the size of the file they also take a long time to render on the screen. The only program that I have found on my Linux system that displays eps images nicely is Image Magick. The convert program that you used is part of Image Magick and the other part is a program called display. Just type "display" on the command line and it should load up. It also renders the images much more quickly I am told that the new version of LyX (1.2) uses the rendering engine from Image Magick, so images should come out better and faster. Hope thats of some help cheers Nick ____________________________________ Nick Burgan Postgraduate Student Active Noise and Vibration Control Group Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Adelaide SA 5005 AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 (0)8 8303 6385 Fax: +61 (0)8 8303 4367 ____________________________________
