rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) (08/25/87)
Well, i have been looking at dvi2ps and thinking about dvi2iff (so i can preview TeX on the Amiga). Before i start, might as well check- anybody else doing this? I sure hope so ... Has anybody noticed that iff files from DPaint still look lousy on the LaserWriter? Anybody out there have any solutions? There is an MCad program on the Fred Fish disks; does this program save things as objects or IFF? Anybody out there tried low-pass filtering it? (I know, i'm reaching). Gosh this stuff can get depressing. It would be nice to 1) be able to edit figures on the Amiga for inclusion in articles- still cannot; Deluxe Paint figures included in one article elicited nasty comments from reviewers. 2) Be able to view graphics stuff before dumping to QMS or Laserwriter without plunking down another $700 for software and hardware. After one year of ownership this machine is still just for games. Sigh. -- Ron Minnich
cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (08/26/87)
In article <453@louie.udel.EDU> rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) writes: | Has anybody noticed that iff files from DPaint still look lousy | on the LaserWriter? Anybody out there have any solutions? Yes, and no. If you dump a 320 X 200 image to the LaserWriter and blow it up to 7.5 X 10 inches it looks really blocky. If you dump a 1000 X 750 image to a LaserWriter as a 7.5 X 5.5 inch bitmap it looks ok. Better still is to dump an Aegis Draw+ drawing to the LaserWriter at the LaserWriters resolution (no scaling per se) and that looks as good as you could hope to find on LaserWriter. | There is an MCad program on the Fred Fish disks; does this | program save things as objects or IFF? Anybody out there | tried low-pass filtering it? (I know, i'm reaching). | Gosh this stuff can get depressing. It would be nice to | 1) be able to edit figures on the Amiga for inclusion in articles- | still cannot; Deluxe Paint figures included in one article | elicited nasty comments from reviewers. | 2) Be able to view graphics stuff before dumping to | QMS or Laserwriter without plunking down another $700 for | software and hardware. I would suggest the Aegis draw combination. Anthony Studios in San Francisco has a Draw <-> PostScript converter (as well as a page composer sort of thing) That will probably do what you need. TeX of course generates the best text output I have ever seen. --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.
fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) (08/26/87)
In article <453@louie.udel.EDU> rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) writes: > Has anybody noticed that iff files from DPaint still look lousy >on the LaserWriter? Anybody out there have any solutions? One of the new disks in my next batch (91-98?) will contain a program called "iff2ps" that works quite well. It converts standard IFF files, including HAM files, to postscript files suitable for cramming directly down the laserwriter's throat. The new batch of disks will probably be released after this coming weekend. Watch for an announcement here. -Fred -- = Drug tests; just say *NO*! = Fred Fish Motorola Computer Division, 3013 S 52nd St, Tempe, Az 85282 USA = seismo!noao!mcdsun!fnf (602) 438-3614