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

Hey they look really interesting, I know someone who wants edge tracing.

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.
> >> >
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