Re: Png image files are always 859x1111

2009-09-24 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op dinsdag 22 september 2009, schreef Stephen Corey: After generating my png images, I typically open them with Gimp and convert the white background to alpha (Colors | Color to Alpha) before loading them into Powerpoint. This allows you to use a color or texture background to your music,

Re: Png image files are always 859x1111

2009-09-24 Thread Alexander Kobel
Wilbert Berendsen wrote: You know you can have LilyPond transparent (alpha) PNGs directly by using -dpixmap-format=pngalpha on the commandline, like: lilypond -dresolution=300 -dpixmap-format=pngalpha --png file.ly or by including these lines in your template: #(ly:set-option 'pixmap-format

Re: Png image files are always 859x1111

2009-09-24 Thread Alexander Kobel
Alexander Kobel wrote: Wilbert Berendsen wrote: You know you can have LilyPond transparent (alpha) PNGs directly by using -dpixmap-format=pngalpha on the commandline, like: lilypond -dresolution=300 -dpixmap-format=pngalpha --png file.ly or by including these lines in your template:

Re: Png image files are always 859x1111

2009-09-23 Thread Johan Hoogenboezem
Hi Stephen Thanks a lot for your prompt and detailed reply. Your example certainly makes it look better. The dimensions are now 2550x3300 instead of 859x. Should it have been 1024x768? Thanks again Johan Hoogenboezem Gauteng, South Africa ___

Png image files are always 859x1111

2009-09-22 Thread Johan Hoogenboezem
Hi Everyone I've been experimenting with Lilypond to see how I might project music with an overhead projector for sing-alongs. While playing with the png format option I noticed that the png image is always cropped to be 859x pixels (which corresponds the Letter size, I believe). I say

Re: Png image files are always 859x1111

2009-09-22 Thread Stephen Corey
Hello, I typeset music weekly for display using Powerpoint. I'm attaching the template I use. Once I have all the page breaks set the way I want, I run lilypond in terminal (Linux) to generate the final png images. lilypond -fpng -dresolution=300 filename.ly The resolution doesn't need to

Re: Png image files are always 859x1111

2009-09-22 Thread Stephen Corey
Stephen Corey wrote: Hello, I typeset music weekly for display using Powerpoint. I'm attaching the template I use. Once I have all the page breaks set the way I want, I run lilypond in terminal (Linux) to generate the final png images. lilypond -fpng -dresolution=300 filename.ly The

Re: Png image files are always 859x1111

2009-09-22 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/9/22 Stephen Corey sotsmu...@gmail.com:  You can get a different scale by changing #(set-global-staff-size 40) to whatever size works best for you. For various reasons, this does not give the same appearance as an enlarged size of 20. I'd use always a big resolution instead, if