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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2015-04-08 23:26:37 +0200
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raster images with transparency
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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@table @asis
@item Raster images
-Portable pixmap (.ppm, .pgm, .pbm, .pnm) is
+Portable Pixmap (.ppm, .pgm, .pbm, .pnm) is
a text based@footnote{Optionally partially
binary.} image format that is supported by
The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).
+If you want transparency in your images,
+Portable Arbitrary Pap (.pam) is the best
+well established format, however, it is
+not widely supported --- but ImageMagick
+and GraphicsMagick can be used to conversion
+to Portable Network Graphics (.png) or almost
+any other format, --- and only the headers
+are in plain text.
@item Vector images
Scalable Vector@footnote{Yes it is redudant,