[Yanel-dev] Using Image Magick on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)

[Balz Schreier]

I think that Image IO can only deal with image formats (e.g. from PNG to
TIFF etc.) whereas Image Magick can also transform PDFs into JPGs.

I don't know the quality of Image IO when it comes to scaling.
But what I know for sure is that Java Advanced Imaging delivers very good
scaling results:
http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/media/jai/

The relation between JAI and ImageIO can be seen here:
http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/media/jai/project/index.html

Cheers
Balz

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Michael Wechner <michael.wechner at wyona.com
> wrote:

> Balz Schreier wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I struggled lately with using Image Magick on Mac OS X (I did not use
>> macports, and snow leopard is shipped with an old ghostscript version).
>>
>> I found out that the easiest way to install it is with MacPorts. Here are
>> the steps you have to do:
>>
>> - You must be a registered Apple Developer. If you do not have an accoun=
t:
>> http://developer.apple.com/programs/register/
>> - Download and Install XCode (requires login to your Developer account) :
>> http://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/xcode.html
>> - Download and Install MacPorts: http://www.macports.org/
>> - In any Mac OSX Terminal: sudo port install ImageMagick
>> - In any Mac OSX Terminal: sudo port install ghostscript
>>
>> Ready to go !
>>
>
> thanks very much for this summary.
>
> I assume you are using Image Magick instead for example the ImageIO
> library, because the quality of scaling, etc.
> is better, right?
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael
>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Balz
>>
>
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