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Duplicated reply by mistake so removed, sorry!

Well, I guess you can't win all the time. If however you guys could help me have a tiled checkerboard sized rgb jpg thumbnail on those it can then it will still be a win :D

I currently run

convert -colorspace sRGB -thumbnail {X}x{Y} {in} {out}
X - desired width
Y - desired height
in - Input file ...

Images

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwf4yn ... sp=sharing

Hi thanks for your help so far guys.

I've upgraded to the following versions just to make sure

convert -version
Version: ImageMagick 6.8.8-3 Q8 x64 2014-01-19

gswin64 -version
GPL Ghostscript 9.10 (2013-08-30)

convert -thumbnail 80x80 -density 72 -units pixelsperinch in.eps pattern:checkerboard ...

The plot thickens.

I opened the EPS in Photoshop, which shows it having transparency, and "saved as" a PNG. I then ran your suggested
convert in.png pattern:checkerboard +swap -composite out.png
This has given me a checkerboard background but only showing me a small portion of the image so I ...

This gives me a checkerboard with "snibo" text on it
This gives me a white backgrounded with the black text in the foreground

Sorry, still no go, but what you describe what I am trying to achive is correct.

The eps file is a simple 2.5 cm square box with text written in the forground in black in 1 layer if opened in photoshop but you can pick the text up and move it around with the move tool. I don't think I can attach it ...

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, it didn't work though, here are my results.

convert -size 300x100 -background none label:snibgo pattern:checkerboard +swap -composite in.eps

- replaced transparent backgraound with the checkerboard and the text "snibgo"

I also tried outputting to a file to see if ...

Hi,

I've been searching for a way to do the following and struggling.

I have been using convert and -thumbnail and a size for a while and all has been well. However I now need to extend this a little to cope with images that have transparency, I've set the Alpha layer to white or black but then ...