[Edu-sig] [Fwd: Quick Question]

[Dethe Elza]

The standard python way to do this is via the Python Imaging Library  
(PIL)[1].  The standard unix way of doing this is via ImageMagick[2],  
which can easily be called from python if it is installed.  There are  
other ways which are more platform dependent.

HTH.

--Dethe

[1] http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
[2] http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

On 15-Jun-05, at 7:56 PM, Chuck Allison wrote:


> Dear EDU-SIG:
>
> Here is a question from a client I'm teaching a beginning Python  
> class to. If you have a quick answer it would be *greatly*  
> appreciated!
>
> -- Chuck Allison
>
> From: Johan Jeffery <johan_jeffery at symantec.com>
> Date: June 15, 2005 5:30:55 PM PDT (CA)
> To: chuck at freshsources.com
> Subject: Quick Question
>
>
>
>
> Quick question since the next class isn't until Monday.  Do you  
> know of any modules in Python that can convert a bitmap from one  
> format to another, specifically .BMPs to .JPGs?
>
> We have a need to do this conversion.  Our developers have grown  
> fond of screen shots as they give much information that may not be  
> written up in a bug.  However, our most common tool for getting a  
> screen shot is a screen capture in VMWare which only does .BMP  
> format files.  They are about 2.3 Mb apiece.   Where as a .JPG of  
> the same thing is only about 34 - 175 Kb.  The space savings is  
> significant.   So, we need a way of efficiently convert these  
> screenshots.  This class presents me an opportunity to create a  
> utility to do this for us.  Hence, the question.
>
> Thanks!
>
>  - Johan
>
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