Franco Pasut Blog

1 What is GIMP? 2 Side-by-side and overlapping images 3 Canvas (Container) larger than the overall image 4 Overall image larger than the Canvas (Container) 5 Exporting the result 1 What is GIMP? GIMP is an excellent cross-platform image editor: Windows, macOS and any GNU/Linux distribution. It is a full-featured software, strictly open-source and free. Perfect for trying to create a “collage” of overlapping or side-by-side images, even with different sizes, and export the result as a single image in .jpg or .png format. 2 Side-by-side and overlapping images I have repeatedly needed to “blend” several images side by side or overlapping. The advice that is usually given on the net for such an operation in GIMP involves adding by hand the space in the “Canvas” necessary for inserting the images following the first one. For example: after opening a 100x100 px image in GIMP, to place another one of the same size next to it, it is usually advised to create an add...

Table of Contents 1. Preface on LaTeX and MS Word 2. Conversion through htlatex . 3. Conversion through Pandoc 4. Document export examples 1. Preface on LaTeX and MS Word I have been using LaTeX for about thirty years to write documents of all kinds: court documents, reports, research, projects and more. After overcoming the challenging initial learning curve, therefore, it is very unlikely that one will go back to "traditional" word processing systems: the extraordinary typographic quality and considerable time savings have become indispensable. Sometimes, however, it is necessary to exchange material written in LaTeX to friends and colleagues who have not yet had the opportunity to appreciate it. In such cases, it is necessary to convert the text into readable word processing software format. Mainly I am referring to the .docx format, typical of MS Word but also readable by other similar systems, such as LibreOffice Writer that I used for this...