The bmeps program converts bitmap images to EPS and PDF and produces
bounding box files for use with LaTeX.
PNG-, JPEG- and NetPBM-files can be used as input.
TIFF-files can be read too if the TIFFReadRGBAImage() function
from the TIFF library can open them.
The program produces EPS level 1, 2 and 3 and PDF level 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4
output. Depending on the PS level the following compression and
encoding mechanisms can be used (see the figure beside for possible
combinations):
ASCII-Hex encoding
ASCII85 encoding (requires PS level 2)
DCT-pass-through of JPEG files (requires PS level 2)
flate compression (requires PS level 3)
New in version 2.0.x:
Multiple data sources: Bmeps 2.0.x can create multiple
data sources for red, green and blue for colored PS output.
This allows run-length compression for areas and horizontal lines
in the same color.
DCT-pass-through: Previous versions always decoded JPEG images
and used run-length+flate+ASCII-Hex/ASCII85 to encode output. This
takes time and increases file size. Bmeps 2.0.x inspects the
file, the entire JPEG file is ASCII-Hex/ASCII85-encoded and directly
written to output if possible.
Options and configuration mechansism changed completely.
