WMF to GIF conversion problem

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Post a URL to one of the problematic WMF files so we can reproduce the problem and suggest a solution.
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We can reproduce the problem you reported. Give us a few days and you will find a patch in ImageMagick 6.2.9-8 Beta. Thanks for the problem report.
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Just be warned that WMF image format is a vector image format, so -density settings may be needed to control the mapping to a raster format. EG to you map directly to the right size, or mapp it to larger size and resize.
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kenbaldwin wrote: I discovered through trial-and-error that '-density 96' gives the best results. Is that a magic number in this case, or just an artifact of my screen resolution?

Ken

It is probably just the fact that your screen resolution is about 96 dpi.

You might get even better results with
  • -density 192 -resize 50%
or
  • -density 384 -resize 25%
which could reduce the jaggies.
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