[magick-users] Resampling with Point Filter Hangs

[Youssef Eldakar]

On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 08:33 -0700, omicronpersei8 at imagemagick.org wrote:
> > I am using PerlMagick to resample TIFF images to 150x150 dpi using the
> > Point filter.
> 
> Your image reports, perhaps in error, that your image is 4 dpi.  When you
> resample it, ImageMagick attempted to resize it nearly 40 times its original
> size to get it to a 150 DPI resolution.
> 

My image was indeed reporting in error a resolution of 4 dpi. I
corrected the resolution value to 300 dpi using the following command,
and the image now resamples smoothly:

convert 00029211-0001.tif -density 300x300 00029211-0001.tif

Thank you for identifying the cause of the problem.

Youssef Eldakar
Bibliotheca Alexandrina