New CTAN package: degrade
Date: December 19, 2002 1:48:26 PM CET
A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org. It will make its
way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two.
Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon
ftpmaint at tug.ctan.org
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor.
Name of contribution: degrade
Author's name: Peter M�nster
Location on CTAN: graphics/degrade
Summary description: Degrades JPEG images to a given resolution
License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the contribution's author:
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A package that degrades JPEG images on the fly to decrease
the size of the resulting PostScript or PDF file. You'll need
the convert utility from the ImageMagick bundle and the
jpeg2ps program from CTAN if you don't use VTeX.
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degrade – Degrade JPEG images on the fly, prior to inclusion
Degrade is a LaTeX package that degrades JPEG images on the fly to decrease the size of the resulting PostScript or PDF file. It uses the convert utility from the ImageMagick bundle as well as jpeg2ps (if you're producing PostScript output).
| Package | degrade |
| Copyright | 2002 Peter Münster |
| Maintainer | Peter Münster |