Conversion Tools: Graphics
Linux Graphics mini-HOWTO
IrfanView
is a very nice image
viewer, image processor, and format converter (using SaveAs). It's
freeware.
Artix Freebies
is a growing collection of in-house graphics tools, most
originally written for the SGI. fillmissing, renamber, iterate, and
randnum are tools for working with image sequences. tim2bmp, tim2tga,
and tmd2lwo are format converters for Playstation files. rgb2rgba is a
tool for modifying SGI RGB images.
platform: Linux
license: free to use but restricted
source: FreshMeat
TransFig
is a set of tools for creating TeX
documents with graphics which are portable, in the sense that they can be
printed in a wide variety of environments. (N.N. -> fig)
platform: Linux ,
license: freely distributable
sam2p
is a Unix commandline utility that converts many raster
(bitmap) image formats into Adobe PostScript or PDF files. The images are
not vectorized. It gives full control to the user to specify
standards-compliance, compression, and bit depths. It is common that sam2p
can compress an image down to an 50kB Level1 PostScript file without
quality loss, while other popular converters produce multi-megabyte output.
It provides some Level3 compression filters even on Level1 devices.
platform: Unix
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
pat2pdf
automatically fetches patent TIFF images from the USPTO database and
converts them into a single PDF file using libtiff and GhostScript.
platform:
Linux
license: GPL
ImageMagick (TM) is a package for display and interactive manipulation of
images for the X Window System. It is written in C and interfaces to the X
library, and therefore does not require any proprietary toolkit in order to
compile. Although the software is copyrighted, it is available for free and can
be redistributed without fee. ImageMagick is known to compile and run on
virtually any Unix system and Linux. It also runs under Windows NT, Windows 95,
Macintosh, and VMS.
gen3img
is a tool to automatically convert graphic files to three
different sizes, in three different qualities (if allowed by the output
file format). gen3img is designed to handle many files at a time, and
you can recurse many subdirectories as well. It is especially useful if
you have to set up a large Web site or photo album with the same
pictures in different resolutions (to please modem users). gen3img is a
powerful command line frontend to the ImageMagick "convert" command.
platform: Linux
license: GPL
The GD
gif-manipulating library, version 1.2 was created to allow graphs,
charts and the like to be generated on the fly for use on the World wide Web,
but is useful for any application in which custom .GIFs are useful. It is not a
paint program; it is a library. Latest version of the manual at the URL
"http://siva.cshl.org/gd/gd.html". Tom Boutell, <boutell_AT_boutell.com>
platform: Linux
zimg
generates png images from almost arbitrary formatted f(x,y) data. Both
plain unformatted ascii and a variety of binary input formats are supported.
Output options include variable logarithmic color mapping (VLCM) and contour
graphics.
platform: Linux,
license: GPL,
source: FreshMeat
Windows 95/NT 4 (TM) color scheme to Un*x translator.
platform: Linux
webgif:
An utility to set transparency and interlacing and output interesting
information about GIFs.
platform: Linux
WhirlGIF:
GIF Animation software.
platform: Linux
KVEC by Karl-Heinz Kuhl is a shareware program that allows you to convert
raster graphics to vector graphics. KVEC is
designed for 32 bit operating systems and is very exacting with respect to
memory demands.
KVEC
AutoTrace
is a program for
converting bitmaps to vector graphics. The aim of the AutoTrace project is the
development of a freely-available application similar to CorelTrace or Adobe
Streamline. In some aspects it is already better. Originally being created as a
plugin for the GIMP, AutoTrace is now a standalone program and can be compiled
on any UNIX platform using GCC.
platform: Linux
license: free for
non-commercial use
gif2png
is a simple command-line utility to convert images from GIF to PNG
format. It is capable of automatically preserving transparency, interlacing and
text comments, and it can do multiple images in one command (e.g., gif2png
*.gif).
platform: Linux
CADUBI
draws text-based images
that are viewable on typical UNIX-based consoles. It has support for all eight
ANSI colors, and for the bold, inverse, and blink ANSI modes. It features a
pico-like interface with a status bar, a text mode that lets you quickly type
strings in the current color and/or mode, a Quick Help screen for easy key
reference, and the ability to read any text file with ASCII art. It outputs
files in plain text so they can be displayed using cat and read back into
CADUBI.
platform: Linux
license: freely distributable
The Gimp Utilities: ASCII To Image:
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed
piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image
composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an
expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a
mass production image renderer, a image format converter, etc.
platform: Linux,
License: GPL
The Complete Reference on CD-ROM with Links to Internet Resources
Oreilly
gifc:
Accepts a file with graphical commands and outputs a GIF file.
platform:
Linux
Gifsicle:
An UNIX command-line tool for creating, editing, and getting information
about GIF images and animations.
platform: Linux
Image_Pack:
3 small bash scripts to create and optimize JPEG images
platform: Linux
MultiGIF:
Cross-platform utilty for creating animated GIF images
platform: Linux
PhotoCD image converter
platform: Linux
Command-line converter between png and pnm image formats
platform: Linux
PostScript and PDF converter to vector graphic formats
platform: Linux
Programs for converting and transforming gif images.,
platform: Linux
A program for making transparent GIFs from non-transparent GIFs.,
platform:
Linux
Graphics Format Converter,
platform: Linux
Programs for converting and transforming gif images.,
platform: Linux
PBM to PPA converter,
platform: Linux
utility to convert ppm images to ansi,
platform: Linux
Tiff image manipulation and conversion tools.,
platform: Linux
2JPEG.EXE: Batch conversion tool. DEMO SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
ImageConverter: Shell extension for Explorer SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
Pic viewer, print, convert, catalog, slideshow SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
Save screens/convert images/print screens SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
EZ Viewer32: Graphics viewer and converter SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
Graphics viewer and converter
SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
Stand alone image viewer, converter, browser SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
GiFFY: BMP to GIF and back Convertor. Free SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
Image manager, edit, convert graphic files SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
KVEC v2.33 for Win95: Raster-vector converter SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
Graphic converter, special effects, batch mode SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
PixWizard: Image view, convert, news download SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
Quant v2.0: Image converter
SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
TriView: 3D Triangulated File Viewer/Converter SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
TWinIFF: Amiga IFF-ILBM to BMP converter SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
bmp2html
is a small utility that converts a bitmap file to HTML. The
result is a funny-looking picture consisting only of colored
characters.
platform: Linux
license: GPL
DLL converts images to video, AVI/MPEG/FLIC SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98
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Kandu Software Corporation
Specialized in graphic file translation software.
Larson CGM Solutions
Offers products for printing & plotting, viewing & presentation,
application development, and conversion utilities for the CGM format.
Softelec Corp.
VPmaxNT - Automatic raster to vector conversion software for Windows!
Software Concepts, Inc.
Offering Lustre, a new technology that converts images from 24 bit (16.7
Million colors) to 8 bit (256 colors).
Square One
Developer of The Graphics Connection, a batch-utility for converting
PostScript graphics into high-quality vector and bitmap formats.
Syndesis Corporation
3D model conversion tools
Winfli
Software that converts Autodesk Animator fli/flc files into animated gif
files for use on web pages.
Hermes
Hermes is a pixel format conversion library that is designed to run as the
backbone of graphics libraries. It will allow you to write code that supports
any pixel format and convert it to any other pixel format thus making it
runnable on any screen depth. It builds on many platforms, DOS, Windows, UNIX,
etc. Other features include clearing and palette handling and, of course,
handwritten x86 and MMX assembler routines for speed optimization.
platform: Linux
kdc2tiff
kdc2tiff is software to convert .kdc images from Kodak's DC120 digital
camera to .tiff or .jpg files. This software pays particular attention to
aspect ratio, high quality scaling, contrast adjustment, gamma correction, and
image rotation.
license: GPL
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