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ImageMagick Convert: How to produce sharp resized PNG files from SVG files?
I am using this command to generate a sharp 512px wide version of an SVG file that I have:
convert -geometry 256 pinterest.svg pinterest.png
This is the source file:
<?xml version="1.0" ...
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Building ImageMagick on OSX Lion and can't link libpng
I am trying to build ImageMagick 6.8.0-5 on OSX Lion with support for libpng. I am just using the standard ./configure make make install procedure.
I succeed in compiling when I do not reference ...
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Identify specific PNG format
How can I tell, ideally with an Imagemagick identify command, whether a particular PNG is PNG32, PNG24 or PNG8?
The %z or %[depth] gives the sample depth (not the pixel depth), which is always 8 or ...
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Automating the choice between JPEG and PNG with a script
Choosing the right format to save your images in is crucial for preserving image quality and reducing artifacts. Different formats follow different compression methods and come with their own set of ...
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Batch convert svg to ico, specifying size?
In Windows, I have a GNOME icon theme in the svg format; several svg files residing within subfolders. Is there a way, on the command line, to convert these to ico files with the same name in the same ...
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Imagemagick convert making strange gif
I am trying to make a GIF from a set of PNGs (files like f0010.png).
convert *0.png out.gif
The GIF is coming out strange -- not looking like the PNGs, cutoff, stuff missing, etc. I tried also ...
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lossless PNG to video in Imagemagick
As an intermediate step in creating an animation, I need to put a bunch of sequential PNGs into a movie file. I tried ffmpeg but was getting compression and artifacting even when I set quality to ...
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Keep alpha transparency in indexed PNG from Fireworks when batch resizing using convert (ImageMagick)
I have a special case where I'm using alpha transparency in indexed PNGs from Fireworks to keep the file size of PNG's in an iOS game down. (That is, indexed colors like an 8bit PNG but alpha ...
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Mass recoloring of PNGs from command line
Similar to the mass rescaling command this site taught me here, is there a command-line trick for mass recoloring?
To make it specific, suppose I have a bunch of images with RGB and alpha values:
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Bulk convert PNG-24 to PNG-8 files with best quality
Can anybody recommend a good method of bulk converting a large amount of PNG-24 files to PNG-8 with as little loss of quality as possible and maintaining transparency?
I've tried ImageMagick but the ...
