[96745] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Converting graphics formats
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Harold Weiss-Wallrath)
Thu Oct 29 04:10:22 1998
From: Harold Weiss-Wallrath <harold.weiss-wallrath@tu-clausthal.de>
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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:09:22 +0100 (MET)
In-Reply-To: <36379DB7.1EAAF02B@mcmail.com> from "John Lewis" at Oct 28, 98 10:41:59 pm
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>
> Help!
>
> I have some graphics in wmf format which I want to use in a web-page. None of
> the apps I have (unix - xv, xpaint, the gimp, ImageMagick: OS/2 - Embellish,
> PMView: win3.11 - paint, phototouch) recognise this format so I cannot convert
> them to gif's.
>
> Is there any unix software which will convert wmf to gif or do I have to find
> someone with win95 graphics to do the job?
>
> In case anyone is interested the wmf graphics files are included in StarOffice
> Clipart Gallery. Guess someone forgot to convert these from the win version when
> porting to Linux.
>
You may have to bite the bullet and use something under Win95. I believe
Paintshop Pro does the job. It reads and writes a wide variety of formats.
Harold
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