For going from jpeg to ps, the best option is a program called jepg2ps.
The embeds the bitmap into a postscript file, along with a small
converter, written in postscript. Usually only adds a few k to the file
size.
Rod
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Rachel Greenham wrote:
> Fred C wrote:
> >
> > Didn't find an EASY (I'm not a nerd) to use answer for that common
> > question :
> > How can i reduce the monstrous size of .eps pictures to be inserted in
> > my thesis written with LyX 1,0,4 on Linux 2,2,13?
> > A simple color picture of Linus in jpeg makes 17 kb, saved as grayscaled
> > .eps it results in an horrible (to save on a floppy) 1,6 Mb!!!
>
> Level 2 Postscript? (I think earlier Postscript implementations produced
> huge output for bitmaps (I suspect drawing a rectangle for each pixel or
> something crazy like that), whereas later ones could embed the bitmap data
> more sensibly, but I don't know if any of that applies to EPS.) In any case
> jpegs are insanely compressed, and what you end up with in Postscript/EPS
> isn't.
>
> You could try compressing the EPS file if you need to fit it onto a floppy
> for transport. Just use gzip or for better compression use bzip2. That
> should easily save enough to fit it onto a floppy if it's already 1.6Mb
> uncompressed. It won't be as small as the original jpeg, but it should be
> quite a lot smaller as EPS is basically text and compresses well.
>
> --
> Rachel
>
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