pict2pdf(1)

NAME
pict2pdf - convert Apple PICT files to Adobe PDF format

SYNOPSIS
pict2pdf [-fv] [-r angle] [-s scale] [-h height] [-w width] [-b borderwidth] file1 [file2]

DESCRIPTION
pict2pdf converts files in Apple's PICT format to Adobe's PDF format. The conversion retains any vector information in the PICT image. The new PDF file will be created in the same directory as the PICT file but with the extension .pdf. The extension will be appended to the PICT file name if the PICT file does not end with .pict (or .PICT), otherwise the .pict extension will be replaced.

OPTIONS

-b borderwidth
    will draw a bounding rectangle in the pdf image with a thickness equal to borderwidth pixels.

-f  force an existing PDF files to be overwritten

-h  height
    sets the height of the pdf image to height pixels (1/72 inch). If -w height is not used, then the entire image is uniformly scaled to reach height. If -w width is specified, then this parameter only affects vertical scaling.

-r angle
    the PICT image will be rotated counter-clockwise by angle degrees before conversion to the PDF image

-s  scale
    magnify the PICT image by a scale factor. If scale is 0.5 then the PDF image will one-half the size of the original PICT image.

-v  print version info

-w width
    sets the width of the pdf image to width pixels (1/72 inch). If -h height is not used, then the entire image is uniformly scaled to reach width. If -h height is specified, then this parameter only affects horizontal scaling.

EXAMPLES

pict2pdf sample.pict
    will produce sample.pdf in the same directory. If sample.pdf already exists then the program exits normally

pict2pdf -h 72 -w 144 sample.pict
    will create a 1 inch high by 2 inches wide image in sample.pdf

pict2pdf -r 45 -s 0.75 sample.pict
    will rotate sample.pict 45 degrees CCW and the image in sample.pdf will be 3/4 of the original PICT size.

BUGS
pict2pdf only works under MacOS X.

No support for stdin/stdout.

AUTHOR
Scott Prahl <prahl@ece.ogi.edu>

homepage http://sourceforge.net/projects/pict2pdf/