#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Image::Magick; my $blob = `import jpg:-`; #my $blob = `import -`; #postscript produced #print "$blob\n"; # now $blob is in memory and you can do what you # want with it. my $output = Image::Magick->new(magick=>'jpg'); $output->BlobToImage( $blob ); $output->Resize(geometry=>'160x120'); $output->Write( $0.'.jpg'); # png works too