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

Steve Lee steve at fullmeasure.co.uk
Mon Jun 30 13:03:26 BST 2008

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

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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