Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 06:45:55 -0600 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: change an image or convert it to metapost Message-ID: <CAJ5UdcOYt3aDxTbc5%2B7Bg_Xb4G68EHbzx%2Bj4nzssQQG40J58fg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <448v82vkxc.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <CAJ5UdcM4FQG7i9ZJBK9bL5Ds50DuGwyLbrLWOybcbWgTAH%2BS8Q@mail.gmail.com> <448v82vkxc.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> writes: > >> Dear folks, >> >> Is it possible to change an image: >> >> http://www.valleycentral.com/uploadedImages/kgbt/Sports/Videos/GatorLogoJPEG.jpg?w=440&h=330&aspect=nostretch >> >> To metapost? so that it could be processed by metapost? >> >> I have referenced this page >> >> http://matagalatlante.org/nobre/hyt/mpost.html >> >> but I don't have some of the programs referenced there. If someone >> that is experienced in metapost or other language that can convert the >> graphic to metapost it would be very nice. I have converted the image >> to EPS(encapsulated postscript) but the image does not fit nicely in >> *.tex documents and I would prefer to have a native one created by >> metapost or similar. > > Metapost contains more information than JPEG. There's no way to derive a > whole model from a flat image, so converting the former to the latter > doesn't really make sense. For that matter, JPEG is a pixel-based > format, so it's not going to scale in the document as well as something > that's based on vectors or curves. It would probably look okay if the > original image were much larger and getting scaled down. > > The usual thing to do here is probably to make sure the image gets used > at its normal resolution. This is really a TeX (or LaTeX) > question. Unfortunately, my set of documents in easy reach is too old to > cover how to do this, so I can't give you the formula offhand. > > Good luck. Actually, the problem is that the placement of the figure is not where I want it to be. With a correct and true EPS and the 'h' option would give a very good placement. It would still be nice to produce a metapost file and scale it to fit nicely and place text next to it, but I am guessing that I am hoping for some miracles. Regards, Antonio
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