On 8/17/07, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have got a TIF picture like the one at > > > > http://phhs80.googlepages.com/example01.png > > > > Is there some tool to get rid of the gray around the word 'Because'? I > > have already tried unpaper, but not having been successful. > > > Depending on what you really want to do with this, you can use the > netpbm package, and reduce the image to b/w in a controlled way. If you > want to keep gray levels overall, you need another tool. > > I use those tools when scanning newspaper articles, to reduce the image > to black and white for minimal storage requirements. Thanks, Bill. True, I want to transform it to black and white. I will have a look at netpbm. Paul
