[oats-sig] Ang: Re: Ang: Re: wmf to svg conversion

Thanks all for your help!

Mats and all,

please confirm whether the tool output is native SVG or merely embeds  
or packages the image in an SVG wrapper.

pcx to svg would also be handy, in addition to wmf to svg
Illustrator for instance opens pcx files and saves to svg format, but  
in my limited experience this is 'useless'.
ie it's similar to embedding a gif photo in html, rather than changing  
the format.

regards

Jonathan Chetwynd

j.chetwynd at btinternet.com
http://www.openicon.org/

+44 (0) 20 7978 1764

On 30 Jun 2008, at 21:27, Mats Lundälv wrote:

> Thanks all for your help!
>
> My point is really to find a usable direct path directly from the  
> wmf/emf vector format to the svg vector format.
>
> Steeve: As far as I had understood the ImageMagick package only  
> really fully supports raster graphics formats and not vector  
> graphics. This libwmf seems to provide a possible add-on to IM, but  
> looks a bit uncertain, as in alpha stage, and these projects don't  
> seem very end-user oriented. I'll have a look.
> Do you know what tools Garry and friends use?
>
> Robert, I have just downloaded the wmf2svg jar file you pointed me  
> to, thanks. There are no explicit instructions for batch conversions  
> there - have you found a format for that?
> This one looks as it could have been an implementation of the batik  
> java classes - same Apache license, but no clear pointers to batik,  
> as far as I can see.
> I'll go ahead testing this and the other alternatives I have.
>
> I'll try to remember to give you some feedback on how I succeed.
>
> Andy, thanks for your offer! I'll send you a couple of files if you  
> care for checking this up.
>
> Cheers,
> Mats
>
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> Hi Robert, i can't remember which version... will try to check later.
>
> Mats / Steve (sorry can't remember who started this thread) - if you  
> could send me a couple of the wmf files i'll see what is involved in  
> patching my code... it should be easier than the png technique - i  
> think when i did this i had to use the potrace as a proxy to trace  
> the symbol the result was then made into an svg - worked quite well  
> for bliss symbols although the were a little round at the tips.
>
> 2008/6/30 Robert Rasiewicz <robert.wk at gmail.com>:
> this did work for me nicely for wmf (I did not test the  
> transparency, though)
>    http://code.google.com/p/wmf2svg/
>
> on the same test file I did try ImageMagick 6.3.7 11/21/07  
> convert.exe and it failed horribly
>
> which version of ImageMagick were you working against, Andy ?
>
> r.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Steve Lee <steve at fullmeasure.co.uk>  
> wrote:
> Hey they look really interesting, I know someone who wants edge  
> tracing.
>
> it's worth noting that wmf/emf are vector formats so conversion should
> be easier.
>
> Steve
>
> 2008/6/30 Andy Judson <andy.judson at gmail.com>:
> > I wrote a .net app to do this from png to svg for the bliss  
> symbols using
> > the imagemagick library... but the code is at home and i can't  
> remember much
> > about it... i can have a look if i can tweak it for you.
> >
> > other libraries to look at
> >
> > [1] http://delineate.sourceforge.net/
> > [2] http://potrace.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > 2008/6/30 Steve Lee <steve at fullmeasure.co.uk>:
> >>
> >> oh Inkscape will import WMF so that's a good non-batch  
> alternative and
> >> I think OO0 will if you 'break' the image after import.
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> 2008/6/30 Steve Lee <steve at fullmeasure.co.uk>:
> >> >> I have been looking around again for tools to convert wmf/emf  
> graphic
> >> >> files
> >> >> to svg.
> >> >
> >> > Well the PHP web server tool of choice seems to be ImageMagick  
> and
> >> > while I have not tried it yet it looks like there are command  
> line
> >> > versions.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php
> >> >
> >> > I came across SVG factory before and there's libwmf but there  
> doesn't
> >> > seem to have been any activity since 2002
> >> >
> >> > http://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html
> >> >
> >> > I've not tried any of them yet as Garry exports directly to wmf  
> or SVG
> >> > as required.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Steve Lee
> >> > --
> >> > Open Source Assistive Technology Software
> >> > web: fullmeasure.co.uk
> >> > blog: eduspaces.net/stevelee/weblog
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Steve Lee
> >> --
> >> Open Source Assistive Technology Software
> >> web: fullmeasure.co.uk
> >> blog: eduspaces.net/stevelee/weblog
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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>
> --
> Steve Lee
> --
> Open Source Assistive Technology Software
> web: fullmeasure.co.uk
> blog: eduspaces.net/stevelee/weblog
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