[Discuss] ImageMagick

Rich Pieri richard.pieri at gmail.com
Tue May 3 15:10:54 EDT 2022


On Tue, 3 May 2022 13:40:59 -0500
Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 09:40:26PM -0400, dan moylan wrote:
> > 
> > using convert file.ps file.jpg does indeed convert the
> > format, but the quality is greatly reduced.  is there a
> > better way to do this in linux?  
> 
> Try PNG instead?  It's lossless, whereas JPEG's compression is not.

Won't matter. PostScript, like PDF, is device independent. Any
conversion from PS will be lossy if it is not configured correctly for
the desired target. As Gregg noted, the OP needs to read the manual to
find out how to do this for their specific sources and targets.

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