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Date:      Wed, 25 Feb 1998 17:21:49 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        "Justin M. Seger" <jseger@freebsd.scds.com>
Cc:        db@minot.com, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: gif to jpeg.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980225171911.281K-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199802252219.RAA02684@freebsd.scds.com>

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On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Justin M. Seger wrote:

>    > anyone know of any command line stuff to convert a gif into a jpg ??
>    > thanks a
>    > million guys and gals.
> 
>    There's most likely an involved one using the pbm utils, but xv does all
>    that for me, and screen grabs/colormods/displays besides, without having
>    to grope thru manpages.
> 
> The easiest thing (that I know of) is to install graphics/ImageMagick.  You can
> then use its convert program to convert any graphics format to any other.

In the function listed, they're nearly equal.  Same for gimp.  I thought
that xv had a simpler command structure, since it's not a general purpose
paint program.  gimp would stand out as the highest functionality (and the
most complicated) with ImageMagick somewhere in between.

All a matter of opinion, of course.

> 
> -Justin Seger-
> 
> 
> 
> 

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