Re: [GD-Windows] Image formats (was [Algorithms] Scrolling starfi eld)

[Rich <leg...@xm...>]

ImageMagick (<http://www.imagemagick.org/> has command-line arguments
for everything under the sun, supports all formats I've ever seen in
my life and can be controlled through scripts since its CLI is so
rich.  Hell, even PBMPLUS, which is free and over a decade old,
supports scripting from batch files very well.  Of course, PBM+
doesn't support those photoshop plugins and whatnot that is specific
to PhotoShop, but for the kinds of operations I've seen applied in
batch files or scripts it has always worked great.  (I've written
plenty of scripts with both tools myself.)

It helps that they are both open source tools.  Every tool set has its
costs -- with a commercial toolset you hope that the vendor is
responsive to your bug reports and your feature requests.  Once a
commercial vendor stops being responsive, then it is the worst of both
worlds -- you're locked into a proprietary system which you can't
change and they ignore your requests for change.  With an open source
system, usually there is noone you can complain to and get your
requests honored, but at least you can do it yourself if you must.
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