laf@hocpa.UUCP (L.A.FEINBERG) (10/11/88)
Subject: MacIntosh to "pic" format conversion Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac I am looking for a way to take a picture that is hand drawn, photocopied, etc, and get it into UNIX pic format. I have been told that a method exists whereby a picture is digitized on a Mac and converted to pic format. However, no one knows how to do it or who to contact. Please note that I am don't care what method is used, I was just told that it could be done via a Mac. I would appreciate any information available on such a process. Lee Feinberg AT&T Bell Laboratories ISDN Systems Engineering Room # HO 1C-527 Phone: (201) 834-1257
straka@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Straka) (10/14/88)
In article <401@hocpa.UUCP> laf@hocpa.UUCP (L.A.FEINBERG) writes: | |Subject: MacIntosh to "pic" format conversion |Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac | |I am looking for a way to take a picture that is hand drawn, photocopied, etc, |and get it into UNIX pic format. | |I have been told that a method exists whereby a picture is digitized on a Mac |and converted to pic format. However, no one knows how to do it or who to |contact. Unfortunately, UNIX(R)-based pic does not support bitmaps. It only accepts specific object types. In addition, pic works like a pen plotter emulator, so it can't cover up background objects. A quickdraw -| pic print driver is available from Avatar (412)422-9509. It is called MDPIC, and costs ~$300. It does as good a job as I could reasonably expect, given pic's limitations. Standard Disclaimers, ... -- Rich Straka ihnp4!ihlpf!straka Avoid BrainDamage: MSDOS - just say no!
peterson@peterson.applicon.UUCP (10/14/88)
Lee, there are many formats one can use on a Macintosh for pictures. I digitize video signals into a Mac and then can transfer them to a Sun. I can convert them to Rasterfile format (is this what you mean by pic?). These are my own formats, however, but converter are easy to write. P.S. Did you go to Cornell University? I knew a Lee Feinberg there! Joe Peterson Schlumberger Technologies Billerica, MA email: peterson@applicon.com