nealet@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Neale Type) (10/18/90)
Is there any small program available out there which can convert Mac pics to IFF pics ?? thats really it.. thanx Neale -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neale Type , Computing Service /// | "May the Balrog find you tasty." University of Sussex, Falmer \\\/// | nealet @ syma.sussex.ac.uk England. BN1 9QH \X// | ccfe7 @ cluster.sussex.ac.uk
Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com (12/28/90)
Re: converting Mac pics to IFF pics
There are a number of formats on the Mac, including MacPaint, TIFF, MacDraw,
GIF, etc. So what you use depends on which format you're using and whether
the pictures are raster or vector format.
There are a number of solutions. The Mac has utilities in shareware and
public domain like GIFFER and Vision Lab which do some conversions. Once
you've got them in GIF format, you can move them to the Amiga and use one
of the PD GIF to IFF conversion utilities.
Another possibility, which is pricier, but good for some folks (especially
if you don't have a modem or null modem for the file transfers, or you do
a lot of them and want speed). Central Coast Software has a Macintosh or
Amigatosh drive and software option which provides conversion software for
a number of formats: MacPaint, Postscript, GIF, etc. However, you are
required to purchase the hardware as well. The Amigatosh drive will write
both Mac and Amiga formats, or the software will work with a standard Mac
drive, but you can only write Mac files to it (from the Mac or Amiga with
Mac-to-Dos). The Amigatosh costs a bit more but gives you more options and
flexibility.
The third possibility is The Art Department Professional from ASDG which
converts lots of file formats. But, if you need things like TIFF (which
Pagemaker likes), then you also need the extension modules which will be
available with TAD, TAD Pro.
Well, there are three possible ways to accomplish your transfers. I'm
sure there are more. Hope this helps.
Julie Petersen (LadyHawke)jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) (12/30/90)
Quoted from <37316@cup.portal.com> by Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com: > Re: converting Mac pics to IFF pics > public domain like GIFFER and Vision Lab which do some conversions. Once > you've got them in GIF format, you can move them to the Amiga and use one > of the PD GIF to IFF conversion utilities. > sure there are more. Hope this helps. There are also utilities on the Amiga that will convert straight from the mono Mac format to IFF (and back again). We have one locally that will convert the monochrome format into a grayscale picture 1/4 the original's size. Which can then be squished further, in various ways. Are there PD utilities out there for converting fax images to/from IFF? > Julie Petersen (LadyHawke) -- *** John Bickers, TAP, NZAmigaUG. jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz *** *** "Snake through the chaos with a smooth noodle map" - Devo ***
king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King) (12/30/90)
In article <9471.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes: > Are there PD utilities out there for converting fax images to/from IFF? Sure is. Pbmplus will do just just about any conversions you can think of, with some manipulations thrown in for good measure. And it's public domain, too! What more could you ask for? Here's the list of what it will do. This is the "INDEX" file that comes with the distribution. ---------- Notes: Programs that can read PPM files can also read PGM and PBM files. Programs that can read PGM files can also read PBM files. PNM programs can read any format file, and write the same format that they read. PBM handles the following formats: READING WRITING Sun icon file icontopbm pbmtoicon Sun raster file rasttopbm pbmtorast X11 bitmap file xbmtopbm pbmtoxbm X10 bitmap file xbmtopbm pbmtox10bm MacPaint macptopbm pbmtomacp CMU window manager format cmuwmtopbm pbmtocmuwm MGR format mgrtopbm pbmtomgr Group 3 FAX g3topbm pbmtog3 X11 window dump file xwdtopbm pbmtoxwd X10 window dump file xwdtopbm Xerox doodle brushes brushtopbm GEM .img format gemtopbm PC paintbrush (.pcx) format pcxtopbm PICT picttopbm ASCII graphics pbmtoascii HP LaserJet format pbmtolj GraphOn graphics pbmtogo BBN BitGraph graphics pbmtobg Printronix format pbmtoptx PGM handles the following formats: TIFF tifftopgm Usenix FaceSaver file fstopgm HIPS hipstopgm FITS fitstopgm pgmtofits PostScript "image" data psidtopgm raw grayscale bytes rawtopgm Encapsulated PostScript pgmtops PPM handles the following formats: color Sun raster file rasttoppm ppmtorast GIF giftoppm ppmtogif Amiga IFF ILBM ilbmtoppm ppmtoilbm color X11 window dump file xwdtoppm ppmtoxwd color X10 window dump file xwdtoppm MTV ray-tracer output mtvtoppm QRT ray-tracer output qrttoppm TrueVision Targa file tgatoppm Img-whatnot file imgtoppm color Encapsulated PostScript ppmtops PNM performs the following operations: concatenate portable anymaps pnmcat crop a portable anymap pnmcrop cut a rectangle out of a portable anymap pnmcut enlarge a portable anymap pnmenlarge perform flip operations on a portable anymap pnmflip invert a portable anymap pnminvert paste a rectangle into a portable anymap pnmpaste replicate a portable anymap into a specified size pnmtile -- ---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------- We're tiny, we're toony / We're all a little loony | Steven King And in this cartoony / We're invading your TV! | Motorola Cellular (Unabashed "Tiny Toon Adventures" plug) | ...uunet!motcid!king
toweri@clinet.fi (Jukka Lindgren) (12/31/90)
Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com writes: >Re: converting Mac pics to IFF pics >There are a number of formats on the Mac, including MacPaint, TIFF, MacDraw, >GIF, etc. So what you use depends on which format you're using and whether >the pictures are raster or vector format. In addition to procedures like: Mac-pic ==> GIF ==> Amiga IFF, or using commercial products like Amigatosh form Central Coast Software, or The Art Department Professional from ASDG, one shouldn't forget Macintosh package called Photoshop from Adobe Inc. It can do a lot of conversions (PS, EPSF, TIFF, GIF, Pict, etc. You-Name-It) to and from Amiga IFF/ILBM format (including HAM). It also allows you to select the number of bitplanes you want to have. Only one problem remains, to move files from Amiga-disks to Mac-disks. I have overcome this by using MS-DOS (sigh!) disks as transfer medium as both machines have utilities to read and write to this disk format. >Well, there are three possible ways to accomplish your transfers. I'm >sure there are more. Hope this helps. This was only the fourth method. Otherwise, ditto > Julie Petersen (LadyHawke) -Jukka Lindgren -No, I am in no way affiliated with Adobe Inc. or any of its distributors. This is purely my own opinion and is not aimed against abovementioned products or companies. -- o _ | The above-output string of ASCII-characters composted by: |### ##### | | toweri@clinet.FI -or: ...!mcvax!fuug!clinet!toweri | | | |- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |###_##### | | "Can't you see that I'm having a cup of coffee right now !? -- | | | -I will NOT comment ANYTHING !!!" -Harri Holkeri, the Finnish prime minister |
jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) (01/01/91)
Quoted from <5967@orchid3.UUCP> by king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King): > In article <9471.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes: > > Are there PD utilities out there for converting fax images to/from IFF? > > Sure is. Pbmplus will do just just about any conversions you can think of, > with some manipulations thrown in for good measure. And it's public domain, > too! What more could you ask for? Great. I am aware that it exists, but I didn't know it had been ported to the Amiga yet. I've got FBM floating around somewhere, which I'd forgotten about. I'll look that up first. Anyone got a pointer to the location of the Amiga version of PBM? > We're tiny, we're toony / We're all a little loony | Steven King -- *** John Bickers, TAP, NZAmigaUG. jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz *** *** "Snake through the chaos with a smooth noodle map" - Devo ***