NAME

Converts files from EPS format (Encapsulated PostScript) to some popular image formats.

SYNOPSIS

    use App::eps2png;
    App::eps2png->run();        # takes args from @ARGV

When installed as a program:

    eps2png [ options ] files ...
    eps2gif [ options ] files ...
    eps2jpg [ options ] files ...

DESCRIPTION

If installed as "eps2png" (the default), it produces PNG images by default. Likewise, "eps2gif" defaults to GIF images and "eps2jpg" defaults to JPG. Note that the normal installation procedure will only install "eps2png".

It uses GhostScript to produce the images. Since modern GhostScript programs do not support GIF anymore, GIF images are produced via the Portable PixMap converters (PBM-package). In this case, a temporary file is created, named after the output file, with the extension replaced by ".ppm". It is deleted upon completion.

ARGUMENTS

--png --pngmono --pnggray --png16 --png256 --png16m --pngalpha

Each of these options will instruct Ghostscript to use the corresponding bitmap generator, and supply a ".png" default extension for output files.

--jpg --jpggray --jpeg --jpeggray

Same, but with a ".jpg" default extension for output files.

--gif --gifmono

Same, but with a ".gif" default extension for output files.

Note: Since modern Ghostscript versions no longer support the GIF format due to copyright restrictions, eps2png will request Ghostscript to produce a Portable Bitmap File (.ppm or .pbm) instead and run the ppmtogif converter to produce the actual GIF file.

--mono

This option will select monochrome (BW or gray) output. It forces the Ghostscript driver to "pngmono", "jpeggray", "pbm", or "gifmono".

--nomono

Produces colour images. This is the default.

--width NN

The desired width of the output image.

If --height is not specified, the image will be scaled proportionally.

--height NN

The desired height of the output image.

If --width is not specified, the image will be scaled proportionally.

--resolution NN

Specifies the resolution for the output image. This is the width, in pixels, of the bitmap image for an EPS image of one inch wide (72 PostScript points).

Note that for best results, use the --width and --height options instead.

Default value is 82, which causes the converted image to be of more or less the same size as the EPS image. On my screen, that is.

--scale NN

Specify a scaling factor. This may be a fractional number.

For a one-inch EPS image, the resultant bitmap image will be scale times resolution.

Note that for best results, use the --width and --height options instead.

--antialias NN

Sets the antialiasing depth. NN must be 0 (no antialiasing), 1, 2, 4, or 8. Default value is 4.

--noantialias

Sets the antialiasing depth to 0.

--pbm

Forces GIF conversion through the PBM converters.

--nopbm

Forces GIF conversion through Ghostscript.

--output XXX

Stores the output in this file. Only one input file may be supplied if this option is specified.

--help

Prints a help message and exits.

--ident

Prints the program version before doing anything else.

--verbose

Provides more verbose information.

AUTHOR

BUGS

If required for GIF images, the "ppmtogif" tool from the PBM package needs to be installed and accessible through the user's "PATH".

GhostScript is assumed to be capable of handling all the image types listed above.

The EPS should be well-behaving.

Development of this program takes place on GitHub: https://github.com/sciurius/eps2png.

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc eps2png

Please report any bugs or feature requests using the issue tracker on GitHub.

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.