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Hi,

I'm trying to convert an EPS file that has a transparent background (or no background) to a PNG. However when I convert the file the background becomes white. I've done a search of the forum which pointed me in the direction of Postscript usage However no matter how hard I try it just doesn't work. I've tried with multiple EPS files and I've even tried using EPS files that I didn't create in case it was something that I had done to the EPS. I'm using the binary 'ImageMagick-6.3.7-7-Q16-windows-dll.exe' with postscript 8.6.0 (I couldn't use 8.6.1 as there is currently no windows binary). If anyone can help I would be most grateful.

Can you post a URL to one of your EPS files so we can download and test.

Hi,

Here are a couple of EPS files (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/custom.consoles/temp/) that I have tried converting to PNG files. One I generated myself the other I found on the web. I'm now also using the latest version of postscript (8.6.1) as I was able to find a windows binary, but still no success. Thanks.

Edit: this is the script I'm using

Edit logo.eps and change the language level from 2 to 1 and use this command:

• convert -verbose -colorspace rgb logo.eps logo.png

In the mean-time we'll get a patch into ImageMagick to fix this probem for the next release.

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately Adobe Illustrator CS2 won't let you save as language level 1, the lowest you can go is 2. However even when I tried Corel Draw X3 which will save as level 1 it still didn't work using your command.

Do you know what sort of time scale we are looking at for a fix? Also is there some way we can 'sign up' for information on new releases.

Thanks.

Download ImageMagick 6.3.6-8 and use the -colorspace rgb option as we suggested. That should produce PNG images with transparency.

Sorry, I was using the wrong version of ImageMagick (this is what happens when you install very old versions trying to see if it is a 'new bug' and then forget you did that). So having tried it (-colorspace rgb) with the new version I can confirm it works! Thank you for all the help and I look forward to any new releases

Edit: This fix only works if I save as postscript level 3, level 2 still does not work.