Image conversion modules?

From: Daniel Staal (DStaal_at_usa.net)
Date: 10/31/03

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    Could someone recommend a good image file conversion/manipulation
    module? I'm having trouble finding one that actually works...

    Here are my requirements:
    *Must run under Mac OS X (10.3, but if it tested to earlier it should
    be fine.)
    *Must handle the following image formats: TIFF, PNG.
    *Must be able to handle alpha channels.

    Would be nice to haves are:
    *Handle PDF, JPEG, GIF, PICT, BMP.
    *Can do affine transformations.

    I've tried Imager (Mac does not compile to needed formats)
    Image::Imlib2 (Does not compile on Mac) and Image::Magick (Won't
    install on Mac.)

    I'm currently using ImageMagick directly, but it won't handle TIFF
    files on Mac. If I can get something to convert them into something
    ImageMagick *can* handle then I can use it to do the rest. Something
    that can handle alpha channels in PDF files would be good too.
    (ImageMagick won't.)

    Any ideas? I'm willing to do Mac-specific, if someone has a good way
    to access the QuickTime/Quartz API's through Perl.

    (Oh, and Panther's 'sips' command-line program doesn't handle alpha
    channels.)

    Any ideas?

    Daniel T. Staal

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