Re: Images and PDF:API2

--- In [email protected], "Mark Fowle" 
<mfowle@...> wrote:
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> I don't work too much with graphics, where needed, I resize with 
image magik
> before I pull the file into a pdf.
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> PDF::API2 has a clip call that would hid everything not exposed, 
I'v never
> tryied using it. I've always used a white rectangle when I need to 
hide
> something.
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> If you want to see Image::Magik code that will resize an image to a 
bounding
> box let me know I'll email it outside this group.
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> Mark
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> [email protected], "Mark Fowle" 
> <mfowle@> wrote:
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> > There are a fair number of image manipulation options in PDF::API2
> > 
> > http://search.
> <http://search.cpan.org/dist/PDF-API2/lib/PDF/API2/Content.pm>
> cpan.org/dist/PDF-API2/lib/PDF/API2/Content.pm
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> > has a lot of options outlined
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> > Are there any image manipulation options in PDF:API. What I am 
> looking 
> > for is being able to set the width or height of the image, or 
crop 
> an 
> > image to a certain dimensions.
> > 
> > Bill H
> >
> 
> Thanks for the tip. Do you know how the scale option works? Or 
maybe 
> if I tell you want I want to happen you can give me some pointers
> 
> I want center an image and have the height be a particular size and 
> the width be proportional to that. If it is possible I would like 
to 
> crop the extra width if any, but I an always draw a white box over 
> the extra width if need be. 
> 
> Bill H
>


Mark that would be great. I got Imagemagick installed on the server 
and working at the command line (using convert), but a very strange 
thing, I cant do the exact command from a perl system() call. FOr 
example if I shell in and do:

convert logo: logo.gif 

It works great, but if I put it in a perl program:

system("convert logo: logo.gif"); nothing happens. I have shell and 
everything turned on (if I do a system("mv blah.txt ../blah.txt"); in 
the same perl program, that works.

I installed the Perl::Magick portion and tried that using an example 
they gave and the server justlocked up - had to reboot it (maybe I 
did it wrong). So yes, if you could show me you example I can see if 
I was doing it wrong.

Bill H