swood@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Scott Wood) (09/05/90)
OU acs has the scanner hooked up this semester. I have started using it. I was wondering what would be the best method for converting scanned images to st format? I can save the scans in the form of pict (two formats - paint & I forget the other) or TIFF. I can also convert it to various other formats including GIF and standard mac bitmap (color scans have a few other formats that I can convert to as well) What software do I need, and what formats should I go to for the software? BTW the scanning accessory is Microtek swood -- NO original ideas this week for | swood@argo.acs.oakland.edu Unique signature message! | swood@vela.acs.oakland.edu UUCP:...!uunet!umich!vela!swood | swood@nucleus.mi.org Bitnet: swood@oakland | swood@unix.secs.oakland.edu
rrd@hpfinote.HP.COM (Ray Depew x2419) (09/07/90)
swood@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Scott Wood) asks: > ... > I was wondering what would be the best method for converting scanned images to > st format? I can save the scans in the form of pict (two formats - paint & > I forget the other) or TIFF. I can also convert it to various other formats > including GIF and standard mac bitmap (color scans have a few other formats > that I can convert to as well) > What software do I need, and what formats should I go to for the software? > BTW the scanning accessory is Microtek I was going to buy the MS-DOS package called Hijaak (yes, that's the correct spelling) to do graphics file conversions. It sells for US$99 and converts any file format to any other one -- slight exaggeratio n, but it's too many formats to list here. Can anyone else provide info? There was one format Hijaak supported that looked like it would work on the ST, that is to say, it was a Digital Research format, .GEM, I think. I'm in the midst of moving, the information is in storage, and I'm talking from memory right now. I *think* that PC .GEM files and ST .GEM files are identical and interchangeable. (With all the other unadvertised "PC-compatible" features built into the ST, I'd be surprised if they weren't!) I'd suggest you convert your files to .GEM format. You may need to buy Hijaak to do it, but that's only $99. Let us all know how it turns out. Regards Ray Depew HP Colorado IC Divison rrd@hpfitst1.hp.com (Disclaimer: just me shooting off my mouth.....) ----------
Seitz@cup.portal.com (Matthew Eric Seitz) (09/16/90)
Hijaak supports .IMG, but not .GEM
steveh@tharr.UUCP (Steve Hamley) (09/18/90)
In article <33963@cup.portal.com> Seitz@cup.portal.com (Matthew Eric Seitz) writes: >Hijaak supports .IMG, but not .GEM You may find that the program stores the header in Intel rather than Motorola format numbers. Therefore, you'll need to do a bit of byte swapping to get the picture to load correctly on an ST. -- /// Steve Hamley /// TQM Communications, BCM Box 225, London, WC1N 3XX /// /// ...ukc!axion!tharr!steveh /// steveh@tharr.uucp /// 0426 911573 ///
shipley@tron.UUCP (Bill Shipley) (09/18/90)
I have sucessfully imported both .IMG and .GEM files from IBM machines into EasyDraw on the ST. I initially had problems with .IMG files, but the later versions of EasyDraw import them. .GEM files transfer in both directions with no problems other than font differences. Bill Shipley