RE: [ROOT] PNG output?

From: Valeri Fine (fine@bnl.gov)
Date: Thu Apr 08 2004 - 19:33:27 MEST


> 
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> Is there any possibility that PNG bitmap output can be supplied in
ROOT
> in addition to GIF format? This would be very nice, since GIF has a
> certain stigma due to the LZW compression patent (even thought I
believe
> it's now expired) and since PNG is simply a nicer, more modern format.
> Apologies if it's already supported --- I couldn't find any mention of
> it in the 4.00/03 release notes.
> 

You can do that with 

http://root.cern.ch/root/htmldoc/TImage.html#TImage:FromPad 
http://root.cern.ch/root/htmldoc/TImage.html#TImage:EImageFileTypes 

also.

> Also, is there a way (e.g. a .rootrc directive) to specify the
preferred
> output format from the canvas menu rather than have to drag the
> drop-down list to the right position each time? This would also be
nice,
> but is rather less important!
> 
> Andy
> 
> --
> Andy Buckley, HEP Group, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge
> http://www.insectnation.org



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