# RE: (bit off topic) Re: Lineart with xsane/mustek

From: Peck Dickens (peck_d@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri Oct 06 2000 - 01:51:08 PDT

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  On Fri, 06 Oct 2000, you wrote:

  > I tried the indexed thing, it turned a 1-bit file of ~200kB
  > into a 25MB file!
  > I haven't tried xv or xpaint yet, can anyone recommend another
  > program that is good for processing 1-bit images?

  ImageMagick is the best even though it does not have a graphical front end.
  If you need help, email me off list and I will get you up and running quickly.
  Note: Do not try and use it unless you have 80mb of swap on your machine and at
  least 32 mb of ram. Otherwise, you will crash your machine. ImageMagick uses a
  lot of system resources to manipulate/convert images, but the resulting images
  will be quite *small*. That's the trade off.... System resources for small
  images. The power of this package is not to be under estimated. I have
  used it to convert/manipulate entire directories of images as once (around 900
  images of differing formats) with very good success.

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  Peck

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