HOWTO convert an EPS image to a (good quality) GIF

Using convert to convert an EPS/PS image to a gif often results in a poor quality image - this is because the default sampling of the EPS image is 72 dots per inch - OK ish for screen, but looks poor on printouts & powerpoint. They key, therefore, is to increase the sampling rate. Hence do:
convert -density 144 infile.eps outfile.gif
This doubles the sampling density to 144 dots per inch and improves the image quality.
-Dan
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