Top Document: Graphics File Formats FAQ (Part 2 of 4): Image Conversion and Display Programs Previous Document: 2. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Macintosh Next Document: 4. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Amiga See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Name: fbm - Fuzzy pixmap manipulation Purpose: Graphics file format manipulation and conversion toolkit Version: 1.0 Author: Michael L. Mauldin <mlm@cs.cmu.edu> FTP: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/graphics/graphics/packages/ ftp://nl.cs.cmu.edu/usr/mlm/ftp/ Imports: Sun Rasterfile, GIF, IFF ILBM/HAM, TIFF, PCX, PBM, FBM, PostScript, Face, Utah RLE Exports: Sun Rasterfile, GIF, IFF ILBM/HAM, TIFF, PCX, PBM, FBM, PostScript, Face, Utah RLE Features: Image processing functions (resize, scaling, halftoning, quantizing, etc.), TIFF functions based on libtiff library, Utah RLE functions based on Utah Raster Toolkit, full source code included in the distribution. Name: GIFBLAST Purpose: Lossless GIF file compressor Version: 1.1 (Freeware) Author: Isaac Dimitrovsky Labs, 147 Second Ave #484, New York NY 10003 FTP: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/garbo.uwasa.fi/gifutil/ Imports: GFB GIF Exports: GFB GIF Features: GIFBLAST reads and compresses GIF files into GFB files with no loss of data. GFB files are typically 20-25% smaller than their source GIF files. GIFBLAST also uncompresses GFB files into GIF files with no loss of data. GFB files must be uncompressed to be read by GIF file viewers. Package includes full source code. Name: GLE Purpose: High-quality graphics package for scientists Version: Cost: Free OS: Unix/X Window (Solaris, SunOS, Alpha OSF/1, Linux), DOS (16- and 32-bit), OS/2 Warp, VAX/VMS Author: Chris Pugmire <chrisp@grv.grace.cri.nz> FTP: ftp://tui.marc.cri.nz/pub/gle/ WWW: http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/~dean/glelist/ Exports: PostScript, X Window, REGIS, TEK4010, PC graphics cards, VT100, HPGL, PCL, DI, TIFF, Epson, Sixel Features: Uses LaTEX and PostScript fonts, driven by instructions from scripts or via the grahical user interface, full source included. Additional utilities included with GLE are: SURFACE for hidden line surface plotting, CONTOUR to allow contour plots, MANIP to allow columns of data to be changed, and FITLS that allows arbitrary data to be fitted to equasions. Name: The Graphics Connection (tm) Purpose: Batch utility for converting to editable vector formats Version: 2.01 OS: UNIX (Sun and HP) Author: Square One bv, Willemsparkweg 52-I, 1071 HJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands, tel: +31-20-673-1102, fax: +31-20-675-7844, email: square1@island.nl, www: http://www.square1.nl Cost: Software: $495 1-user, $1500 5-users Volume and University discounts available. On-Line Service for Mac & PC users: starting at $29 per file Formats: Input: PostScript (.ps) and Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) Vector Output: MIF, WMF, WPG, CGM, HPGL, PCL-5, EPS Image Output: TIFF, GIF, Sunraster Text Output: ASCII Features: Batch utility converts many files at once. Callable by other applications, utilities for splitting PostScript files, modular installation, creates editable line-art and text. Reviews: Publish Magazine Product Watch, March 1996, Open Computing (Netherlands), March 1996. Name: GraphX Viewer See GraphX Viewer entry in the "Image Conversion and Display Programs for Windows" section. Name: HighWater JPEG Library Purpose: High-speed JPEG compression/decompression for Solaris-2 Version: 1.2 Author: HighWater Designs Inc., 6 Bedford Farms, Bedford, NH 03110-6532 USA. Voice: 603.669.7466, Fax: 603.669.7456 Imports: JPEG Exports: JPEG Features: Library of functions callable from C programs, optimized for high-speed operation, fully compliant with the JPEG specification, operates on all SPARC-based platforms, and example source code included. Name: ImageMagick Purpose: X Window-based image display and conversion Version: 3.7 Author: John Cristy <cristy@dupont.com> FTP: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/ImageMagick/ImageMagick-3.7.tar.gz FTP: ftp://ftp.wizards.dupont.com/pub/ImageMagick/ WWW: http://www.wizards.dupont.com/cristy/ImageMagick.html Imports: AVS, BMP, Raw CMYK, Group 3 FAX, FITS, GIF, Raw GRAY, HDF, JBIG, JPEG, MIFF, MPEG, MTV, Photo CD, PCX, Mac PICT, PBM, PDF, PDS, PGM, PNG, PPM, PM Postscript, RAD, Raw RGB, Utah RLE, SGI RGB, SUN Raster, Targa, ASCII Text, TIFF, VICAR, Visual Image Directory, VIFF, X Screen, XBM, XPM, XWD, Raw YUV. Exports: AVS, BMP, Raw CMYK, Group 3 FAX, FITS, GIF, Raw GRAY, HDF, JBIG, JPEG, MIFF, MTV, PCX, Mac PICT, PBM, PDF, PGM, PNG, PPM, PM Postscript, Raw RGB, Utah RLE, SGI RGB, SUN Raster, Targa, TIFF, Visual Image Directory, VIFF, X Screen, XBM, XPM, XWD, Raw YUV. Features: Batch conversion, image preview, contact sheet creation, slide shows, animation. Name: patimg2tiff Purpose: conversion from the USAPat IMAGE FILE format to TIFF Version: 1.1 Author: Inlab Software GmbH, Josef-Wuerth-Str. 1, 82031 Gruenwald, Germany Email: obermair@acm.org Voice: +49896412795 Fax: +49896411160 Cost: Please contact the author Imports: USAPat IMAGE FILE Exports: TIFF Features: patimg2tiff converts the 'USAPat IMAGE FILE' format (as found on the USAPat CDROM series produced by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) to TIFF (multipage, G4-encoding). The USAPat CDROM's are containing the facsimile images of US patents in 300dpi. Source code licenses are available with and without the right of redistribution in binary form. The program itself runs on almost any modern Un*x. Name: pbmplus - Extended Portable Bitmap Toolkit Purpose: Graphics file format manipulation and conversion toolkit Version: 1.91d (10 December 1991) Version: 10 December 1991 Author: Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us> <jef@netcom.com> FTP: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/graphics/graphics/packages/pbmplus/ ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/.b/X11-contrib/ Imports: Sun Icon, X10 and X11 bitmap, Mac Paint, CMU, MGR, G3 FAX, GEM IMG, FACE, .pi1, .pi3, Andrew Raster Object, Xerox Doodle, FITS, FaceSaver, LISP machine bit-array, HIPS, PostScript, RAW, GIF, IFF ILBM, PICT, XPM, PCX, TGA HPPJ, YUV, MTV/PRT, QRT, Img-whatnot, Xim, Spectrum, SLD, Sun Rasterfile, TIFF, X10 and X11 XWD Exports: Sun Icon, X10 and X11 bitmap, Mac Paint, CMU, MGR, G3 FAX, GEM IMG, FACE, .pi1, .pi3, Andrew Raster Object, ASCII, HPLJ, GraphOn, BBN, Printronix, Gemini 10x, Epson, Unix plot, Zinc Icon, FITS, FaceSaver, LISP machine bit-array, GIF, NCSA, X11 puzzle, IFF ILBM, PICT, XPM, PCX, TGA HPPJ, YUV, Motif UIL Icon, DEC sixel, PostScript, TIFF, X11 XWD, Sun Rasterfile, DXF, SLD Features: Supports monochrome, grayscale, and full-color bitmaps. Runs under all flavors of Unix. Full source code included in the distribution. Name: NetPBM - Extended Portable Bitmap Toolkit Purpose: Graphics file format manipulation and conversion toolkit Version: 1 March 1994 Author: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> FTP: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/graphics/graphics/packages/NetPBM/* ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/ftp/archive/netpbm/* ftp://ftp.x.org/ Imports: Sun Icon, X10 and X11 bitmap, Mac Paint, CMU, MGR, G3 FAX, GEM IMG, FACE, .pi1, .pi3, Andrew Raster Object, Xerox Doodle, FITS, FaceSaver, LISP machine bit-array, HIPS, PostScript, RAW, GIF, IFF ILBM, PICT, XPM, PCX, TGA HPPJ, YUV, MTV/PRT, QRT, Img-whatnot, Xim, Spectrum, SLD, Sun Rasterfile, TIFF, X10 and X11 XWD, BDF, PK font, SPOT, Biorad, BMP, Mitsubishi S340-10, XV thumbnail, HP PaintJet XL PCL, SGI, Solitaire image recorder, Zeiss Exports: Sun Icon, X10 and X11 bitmap, Mac Paint, CMU, MGR, G3 FAX, GEM IMG, FACE, .pi1, .pi3, Andrew Raster Object, ASCII, HPLJ, GraphOn, BBN, Printronix, Gemini 10x, Epson, Unix plot, Zinc Icon, FITS, FaceSaver, LISP machine bit-array, GIF, NCSA, X11 puzzle, IFF ILBM, PICT, XPM, PCX, TGA HPPJ, YUV, Motif UIL Icon, DEC sixel, PostScript, TIFF, X11 XWD, Sun Rasterfile, DXF, SLD, BDF, PK font, SPOT, Biorad, BMP, Mitsubishi S340-10, XV thumbnail, HP PaintJet XL PCL, SGI, Solitaire image recorder, Zeiss Features: Based on the 10Dec91 version of pbmplus, image processing functions include scaling, contrast and gamma adjustment, and edge detection. Package also available for VMS, MS-DOS, and Amiga Name: xanim Purpose: Animation file viewer Version: 2.70.3 Author: Mark Podlipec (podlipec@shell.portal.com) FTP: ftp://ftp.portal.com/pub/podlipec/xanim2703.tar.Z WWW: http://http://www.portal.com/~podlipec/home.html Imports: DL, FLI, FLC, GIF, IFF, MovieSetter, PFX, Quicktime, AVI, RLE Name: XDim Purpose: Creation of 3D representations of 2D data sets Version: 2.6 (Freeware) Author: Walter Benzing <benzing@iegi01.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de> FTP: ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/X11/graphics/xdim/xdim2_6.tar.gz Imports: GIF, JPEG, table calculation programs Exports: GIF, JPEG, table calculation programs Features: Motif interface, view data in several viewports, color representation independent of hardware, allows the use of complex data sets, fast redraw for modes without color interpolation. Image processing (FFT, Inverse FFT, filters, histogram equalization, free ordering from z-value to color, etc.), and data processing (add,subtract,multiply and divide data fields, linear and spline interpolation, mirror x-/y, complex data fields, etc.) features. Required are a Unix system with an ANSI C compiler, X11R4 or later, and the Motif widget set. Name: Xew widget set Purpose: X Window widget set Version: Author: Markku Savela <msa@hemuli.tte.vtt.fi> Technical Research Centre of Finland Multimedia Systems, P.O.Box 1203, FIN-02044 VTT http://www.vtt.fi/tte/staff/msa/ WWW: http://www.vtt.fi/tte/EuroBridge/Xew/ Imports: Name: xli Purpose: X Window image file display and manipulation Version: 1.16 Author: Graeme Gill <graeme@digideas.com.au> FTP: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/ Imports: CMU, GEM, GIF, JFIF, TIFF, Mac Paint, PCX, Sun Raster, Utah RLE, TGA, X Window formats, PBM, FBM, Photograph on CD, Windows, OS/2 BMP Image. Name: xloadimage Purpose: X Window image file display Version: 4.1 Author: Jim Frost <jimf@centerline.com> FTP: ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib/ Imports: CMU, GEM, JFIF, TIFF, Mac Paint, PCX, Sun Raster, Utah RLE, X Window famats, PBM formats, FBM formats. Name: XPaint Purpose: Paint program (bitmap/pixmap editing tool) Version: 2.4.6 Author: David Koblas <koblas@netcom.com> Extra Mile Consulting, PO Box 1352, Mountain View, CA 94042-1352 USA FTP: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/xapps/graphics/draw/xpaint-2.4.6.tar.gz WWW: http://www2.dk-online.dk/users/Torsten_Martinsen/xpaint/ Imports: X11 Bitmaps, PPM, GIF, XPM, TIFF, SGI RGB Exports: X11 Bitmaps, PPM, GIF, XPM, TIFF, SGI RGB, PostScript Features: Brushes, Spray paint, Pencil Lines, Arcs, Pattern Fill, Text, Boxes, Circles, Polygons. Works on multiple images simultaneously, Cut/Copy/Paste between all active images, and Fatbits/Zoom on the image windows. Full source code included. Name: xv Purpose: X Window-based image display Version: 3.10a Author: John Bradley <bradley@cis.upenn.edu> FTP: ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv/ Imports: GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM, X11 bitmap, Sun Rasterfile, Utah Raster Toolkit RLE, PDS/VICAR, BMP, PCX, IRIS RGB, PostScript, and PM Exports: GIF, PM, PBM (raw), PBM (Ascii), X11 Bitmap, Sun Rasterfile, BMP, PostScript, IRIS, JPEG, TIFF User Contributions:Top Document: Graphics File Formats FAQ (Part 2 of 4): Image Conversion and Display Programs Previous Document: 2. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Macintosh Next Document: 4. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Amiga Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: jdm@ora.com (James D. Murray)
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