Re: infrared beacon for pet door

I wrote:

Would almost think you could use a vactor descrition, like in characters in
a pdf document, to store outlines.
image to vector graphics?
Have to think about this some more, any suggestions welcome.

haha, was I right.
just a quick google found this open source program to convert bitmaps to vector graphics:
http://potrace.sourceforge.net/

I took the 'cat Template.jpg' from the 'flo' site, and did feed it through
convert Template.jpg Template.bmp

and then converted it to bitmap:
potrace -k .25 Template.bmp

The result:
ftp://panteltje.com/pub/Template.eps
The size is now only 1275 bytes.
Here we can do something.

You can download and look at that file with an encapsulated ps capable viewer, like ghostview:
gv Template.eps

potrace can make pdf too.
potrace -p -k .35 ./Template.bmp

And to make a pdf from it:
ps2pdf Template.ps
See it here:
ftp://panteltje.com/pub/Template.pdf

So for those without a ps and pdf viewer, lets make a gif:
convert Template.eps Template.gif

See the nice vector cat here:
ftp://panteltje.com/pub/Template.gif

So, now how to compare pdf to pictures......
At least I have the curves / vector grahics now :-)

PS. Sorry Windows users, 'time for change'.
LOL
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