Anthony Thyssen wrote: : Bob Meetin on wrote... : | I'm using the following to create a gradient: : | : | convert -size 10x600 gradient:#000-#fff gradient.gif : | : | It creates the image fine, but the transition is not smooth See sample at: : | : | http://dottedi.biz/codesamples/themes2/graphics/img.gif : | : | I used 100x600 in this sample to make it easier to visualize the : | problem. What option do I use to make this a smoother transition gradient? : | : This was a color quantization problem that was fixed in later IM's : : Download and install the latest release. : : In the latest IM : convert -size 1x256 gradient: gradient.gif : : will produce an image with 256 pixel, each a different color. : Using the 256 color limit of GIF file format. : : EG this should produce the number 256 (color count) : convert -size 1x256 gradient: gif:- | identify -format %k -
On my laptop this produces 64, and the coutours in, say, `convert -size 100x512 gradient: gradient.gif' are obvious. I'm running: =>identify -version Version: ImageMagick 6.3.4 06/12/07 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2007 ImageMagick Studio LLC which I built myself. Dean _______________________________________________ Magick-users mailing list [email protected] http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users
