Image
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Get info on image
file $f: type, and for certain formats size other major parameters such as depth.- ImageMagick
identify -format $f
Editors
Gimp.
Inkscape
Good SVG GUI editor.
Dia
GNOME diagram editor
Viewers
eog
Eyes of GNOME.
Lightweight image viewer:
eog a.jpg
img2txt
Convert image to ASCII art.
caca-utils package.
Stdout output:
img2txt a.jpg
img2txt -W `tput cols` a.jpg
-W: width
caca view
img2text on X window:
cacaview a.pjg
aview
Converts image to ASCII art! Not as good as img2txt.
Works only with Netpbm formats.
Seems to do black and white only:
asciiview a.jpg
And changing the width was not working for me:
asciiview -width a.jpg
Utilities
ExactImage
ImageMagick competitor, supposedly faster. C++ template API.
caca-utils
Contains img2txt.
dvipng
Convert DVI to PNG.
Important application: LaTeX -> DVI -> PNG -> website.
Misc
Color spaces
Related concepts:
