From c9a9219d3c94f7b8a8ce99df522c8f04e3e75510 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 23:26:37 +0200 Subject: raster images with transparency MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- using-git.texinfo | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'using-git.texinfo') diff --git a/using-git.texinfo b/using-git.texinfo index a60108e..290235f 100644 --- a/using-git.texinfo +++ b/using-git.texinfo @@ -1977,10 +1977,18 @@ text based alternative. @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, -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2