FYI, ctrans' postscript conversion is somewhat old. A direct postscript GKS
driver was added a couple of years ago.
If you're using the classic FORTRAN interfaces please see:
http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng/gks/ps.html
If you're using NCL or the HLU's create an psWorkstationClass instead of
ncgmWorkstationClass. Look at the following for various options:
http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng4.1.1/ref/hlu/obj/PSWorkstation.obj.html
Writting directly to PS if an importing to GIMP is your goal may be more
efficient.
-ethan
>
> > > How about trying this direct from gmeta to a .png (Portable
> > >Network Graphics) plot format image file? Anyone know of such a
> > >graphcap file which can let ctrans do this?. (Or how about .gif
> > >(Graphics Image File), .jpg (JPEG Image File), .bmp (Windows
> > >bitmap image file), or .pcx (ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file)?)
>
> One more way to get .gif or .png images from metafiles is to
> use ctrans to create postscript, then load that into the Gimp
> (Gnu image manipulation program). Using the Gimp, you can control
> the amount of anti-aliasing and also the conversion to an
> indexed color palette. I like the results with moderate
> anti-aliasing - some of the other packages mentioned lead to
> terrible aliasing (staircase jaggies on sloping lines).
>
> The Gimp lets you do anything at all to your bitmapped images,
> but the learning curve is fierce.
>
> Kate
> --
> Kate Hedström Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
> kate AT unknown Rutgers University
>
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