[plug] Any gimp users? (bitmap re-sampling)

Mike Holland myk at golden.wattle.id.au
Sun Aug 1 22:08:37 WST 1999


On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Garth Atkinson wrote:

> Anyone know if the gimp can be used to re-sample bitmaps to a lower file
> size? Is there another linux tool better suited to the job?

You mean shrink the bitmap, or just the file by increasing compression?
I dont know gimp, but 'xv' will do it. Or for a command line filter or
scripting, try the pbmtools (libgr-progs).

Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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