PNG supports a virtual canvas. That may be the cause of the extra space. It can be removed by adding +repage after reading your input image.
You can check for it from identify -verbose image or from string formats: %P, (%W and %H), %X, %Y see http://www.imagemagick.org/script/escape.php >sorry, should not have edited: > > > prompt> identify -format "%wx%h" vowels.png > > 959x842 > > prompt> convert vowels.png -size 959x842 vowels.pdf > > prompt> identify -format "%wx%h" vowels.pdf > > 1600-1200 > >... this should have been 1600x1200 (had had a typo in the format >command, - instead of x) > _______________________________________________ Magick-users mailing list Magick-users@imagemagick.org http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users