Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 23:16:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hpscan Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960421231537.15146g-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199604220528.HAA17659@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Mon, 22 Apr 1996, J Wunsch wrote: > As Richard Chang wrote: > > > I thought he meant the uk0 device... > > Yes, but for us, the pt0 device is better suited. That's also what > the hpscan/pkg/DESCR file explains. oh okay, never knew there was a hpscan/pkg/DESCR file. > > Hmmm, what does it do exactly? does it just scan and what > > formats will it save in? Is there anything similar to Adobe Photoshop for > > editing the picture? > > It gives you a preview picture where you can select a rectangle. You > can further zoom it (for another preview), and select again, or you > can finally scan the image to a disk file. After my recent changes, > you can select intensity and contrast, in addition to the scan > resolution. The stored file is always in ``raw PPM'' format. is ppm formats quality as good as gif files? > Use your favorite image processing tool for postprocessing. xv and > xpaint come to mind. hmmm, okay. any ideas how to do transparent gifs? does either xv or xpaint do this? Richard
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