Donn Ingle on wrote...
| > It works for me with the current version of IM v6.3.2-9
| > However the example above was full of meta-spaces rather than ordinary
| > spaces causing IM lots of trouble until I replaced them.
| >
| > As for drop shadows see the new -shadow transform operators
| > http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/convolve/#shadow
|
| Thanks for the reply.
|
| I assume 'meta spaces' means " " or something like it. Instead of
| copy/paste from the tutorial, I typed it in and I still do not get a
| composite. I get the white A in one file, but the composite command simply
| creates a file with a rose, no A overlaid.
|
| The version of IM with Kubuntu Dapper is : 6.2.4 -- is this a known problem
| with this version?
|
| I don't want to go the compilation route as that would confuse the package
| system (and removing imagemagick by apt-get is just not an option with all
| the other stuff that depends on it.) -- unless there's an easy way for the
| two versions to live side-by-side.
|
| As to the -shadow operator, I was experimenting with it and came to the
| point where the picture was to be overlaid on the shadow, but composite
| just won't work.
|
Sorry We have not heard of this problem, though there are other problems
with the 6.2.4 release.
You could try to convert a later0 RPM to an APT but I don't know how
successful it would be.
Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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