Hello Tethys, On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 03:26:11PM +0000, Tethys wrote: > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I agree with you that pdftk is excellent for manipulating pdfs, but why > > do you say "ImageMagick is rarely the right option anyway"? I use it > > all the time to manipulate images (jpg, png, etc); it seems to work > > quite well. Please do not take my query the wrong way, I'm just curious > > what you think ImageMagick lacks. > > As with everything, there are pros and cons to each approach. > ImageMagick tries to do everything, which results in an ever > increasing complexity of invocation. Further, if it doesn't do what > you want, there's very little you can do about it. Compare that with > netpbm, which is just a traditional Unix pipeline. If it doesn't do > what you want, you can always add an extra transformation in the > middle of the pipeline. Netpbm will often give better quality output > (for example, correct gamma scaling). Somewhat counter intuitively, > netpbm turns out to be faster than ImageMagick for many operations, > too, despite having to create more processes and pipe data between > them. That said, ImageMagick provides some niceties like -gravity. > Sure, you can do it with netpbm, but it requires a script to calculate > the correct offsets, where ImageMagick provides the functionality out > of the box. > Thanks for the clarification. I'll take a look at netpbm. :) -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
