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I have a grayscale TIFF which I'm trying to convert to EPS via the command

convert zip.tif eps3:zip.eps

The resulting EPS is just a weird band of pixels with no resemblance to the original TIFF.

This was with ImageMagick 6.3.7. I've put the before (TIF) and after (EPS) files in:

http://flexweb2.pageflex.com/engsup/ImageMagick/zip.eps
http://flexweb2.pageflex.com/engsup/ImageMagick/zip.TIF

Thanks!
-pd

pdavis wrote:I have a grayscale TIFF which I'm trying to convert to EPS via the command

convert zip.tif eps3:zip.eps

The resulting EPS is just a weird band of pixels with no resemblance to the original TIFF.

This was with ImageMagick 6.3.7. I've put the before (TIF) and after (EPS) files in:

http://flexweb2.pageflex.com/engsup/ImageMagick/zip.eps
http://flexweb2.pageflex.com/engsup/ImageMagick/zip.TIF

Thanks!
-pd

Sorry ... I should also mention that this is on Windows XP/Pro.

We can reproduce the problem you reported and will have a fix soon. Thanks.

Thanks for the confirmation. Any timeframe for a fix?

Alternatively, can you tell me the circumstances of the bug, so I can work around it? Is it just grayscale TIFFs? All grayscale TIFFs?

Thanks,
-pd

The problem you reported is fixed in ImageMagick 6.3.8-0 Beta, available sometime tomorrow.

magick wrote:The problem you reported is fixed in ImageMagick 6.3.8-0 Beta, available sometime tomorrow.

Thanks. Is this available somewhere now? I didn't see any downloads for it in the ImageMagick.org site.

Also, this is late in our development cycle to be trying out a beta release of software, let alone distributing one. Do you know if it would be possible to pach 6.3.7 to fix the grayscale EPS issue?

Thank you,
-pd

6.3.8-0 Beta is ImageMagick 6.3.7-10, the current release, with one or two patches. You can find it here: ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/beta/ . A simple solution might be to grab coders/ps3.c from 6.3.8 and replace it in your 6.3.7 distribution.