[H-GEN] Graphics format help needed! :)

[Christopher Biggs]

Leanne Duffy <ph324378 at student.uq.edu.au> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

> I need to be able to resize some stuff to make my thesis look pretty.  Due
> to the package used to generate it, it's all saved as postscript.  Is
> there something I can use to change it from postscript to some other
> format, resize it and then change it back to postscript, so I can then
> include it in my thesis.
> 
> Only four weeks to go, only four more.. not that I'm counting or anything
> ;)
> 

If they're line drawings or other "program" type postscript data, you
could probably hack the postscript to change the size.

If it is a bitmap image, then use GNU Ghostscript to convert it to
PPM, then use XV or ImageMagick to scale it, then XV or ImageMagick
again to convert back to PostScript.

You can use XV to do the first step, but it just calls GhostScript
behind your back to do the actual conversion.

Chris.

p.s. It may be heresy, but the "Photo Editor" in Microsoft Office 97
	is a pretty good image manipulation tool too.

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