.EPS to .JPG conversion help please? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / projects

author: Chris Wilson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 11:27:26 am
content: I have two .EPS files of printed circuit board layouts a company want in .JPG format. I don't have any of the more exotic image editing applications and trying to use on line converters has failed or resulted in grotty low resolution images. How can I convert these two files to high res .JPG please? If anyone is game to do these 2 for me I would be extremely grateful. Thanks.The files are:http://www.chriswilson.tv/PCB1.EPSandhttp://www.chriswilson.tv/PCB2.EPSMy e-mail is chris@chriswilson.tvThanks, or a pointer to how to convert to high res .JPG without buying something like PhotoShop very welcome!

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 11:36:22 am
content: Is 600 DPI enough?http://psi.abcom.co.nz/Pcb1.jpghttp://psi.abcom.co.nz/Pcb2.jpg

author: kb0thn
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 11:39:45 am
content: I'm e-mailing you over two 300 DPI JPG's and two PDF's. I used Adobe products to convert, because that is what is on my windows laptop.You should be able to do the conversion using Gimp. Or ps2pdf (and then from pdf to jpeg). Or imagemagick. All available with Linux.Be careful with your scaling. And it looks like the PCB2 isn't fully contained in the EPS file. Like somebody exported it wrong.Good luck,-Jim

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 11:40:10 am
content: As for next time, insert as an image into Microsoft office, drag it stupidly large then dump into paint,

author: Chris Wilson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 11:40:49 am
content: Quote from: Psi on August 08, 2013, 11:36:22 amI am sure they will be fine,m but I am very new to the requirements here, and can only present them to the guy quoting (he's on Ebay UK and does one offs, or very small runs) I cannot thank you enough, greatly appreciated! May I ask what you used to convert them, and if it's expensive? Thanks again and all the very best!

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 11:43:47 am
content: I used version 6.0 of Jasc Paint Shop ProGood old 1999 software, lol

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 11:54:25 am
content: Quote from: Rerouter on August 08, 2013, 11:40:10 amOnly if you don't give a toss about correct physical dimension.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 12:00:18 pm
content: Yeah, i have no idea if i preserved the physical dimensions in those conversions. You didn't spec if that was important.The aspect ratio is correct so they are a true representation, but if you print them with no scaling i have no idea if they will come out PCB sized.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 12:05:49 pm
content: Should you have more image conversion needs in the future, I can recommendImageMagick.convert source.eps -resize 123x456 dest.jpg

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 12:11:30 pm
content: Quote from: mrflibble on August 08, 2013, 12:05:49 pmBest image manipulation tool ever! And it's free!

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2013, 12:30:45 pm
content: Quote from: mrflibble on August 08, 2013, 12:05:49 pmYes. Yes yes yes.Versatile andscriptable. If you have 6000 EPS files in color that you want to flip horizontally, change to greyscale and convert to 600 dpi PNG, this is the tool that will do it.