General ⇒ How to tranfer the bmp file to eps file?

[akira32]

How to tranfer the bmp file to eps file?
Should I install special software to transfer or just use TeXnicCenter?

[localghost]

The BMP file format is a pixel based format, whereas EPS is vector based. So it is useless to do a direct conversion. When scaling the EPS file you will see a loss in quality. Some days ago, I discovered a page of a group at Stanford University [1]. They offer a web tool for converting a BMP file to a vector based format. Friends of mine report good quality of the resulting file. This file could then be converted to EPS (or PDF). For this conversion, you can use tools like ImageMagick.


[1] VectorMagic | The Online Tool for Precision Bitmap to Vector Conversion

[MartinC]

You can download imagemagick (www.imagemagick.org) and directly convert it to eps. Just type the command line:

convert img.bmp img.eps

[akira32]

Now I know the Photoshop can do that.
Thank your answer!

[duvvuri]

Well, I used `potrace' to convert BMP files into eps files. It is ona Windows machines. It is a command line programme and one can improve the quality of eps by changinging/giving various options.