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Postscript conversion to animated GIF

Posted: 2007-01-21T06:13:39-07:00
by jayhawk
Hi everyone!

What's the best way to convert relatively huge (up to 60 Mb) "ps and/or eps" Postscript multipage files to animated GIF ones?

Thank you very much indeed :wink:

Posted: 2007-01-21T10:53:07-07:00
by magick
To convert a multipage Postscript to animated GIF sequence, use this command:
  • convert -limit memory 32 -limit map 32 image.ps image.gif
The limit option forces the pixel cache to disk to avoid bringing your computer to its knees during the conversion.

Cache problem

Posted: 2007-02-01T02:08:45-07:00
by jayhawk
Hi!

Thank you very much indeed for the answer, but I'm still having problems while converting multipage PS/EPS files to animated GIF's. The error message I got is:

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convert: unable to extend cache `/tmp/magick-XXzqZehn': No such file or directory.
Any idea?

Posted: 2007-02-01T08:06:00-07:00
by magick
Set a path for temporary files to a location with plenty of free space. For example,
  • export MAGICK_TMPDIR /data