paragano@pedsga.UUCP (Vince Paragano <paragano>) (08/02/90)
Hi - Does anyone know of a conversion utility for Mac graphics images to and from the X format (bit/pix maps)? Also, how about a troff <--> MacWrite/Word converter?? Any help on any of these would be greatly appreciated. Oh, the text converter might be called MacRoff from what I hear in AT&T land! Thanks in advance for any help! Vinman (201) 758-7708
klong@wilkins.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Kevin Long) (08/07/90)
In article <1362@pedsga.UUCP> paragano@pedsga.UUCP (Vince Paragano <paragano>,APPLE,7708) writes: >Does anyone know of a conversion utility for Mac graphics images to and >from the X format (bit/pix maps)? > > Vinman > (201) 758-7708 Well, as long as you're not using 24-bit PICT2 images, then opening your PICT file with the Giffer on the Mac and saving it out as a GIF image will get it off the Mac and into a format that other programs can manipulate, like the pbm routines giftoppm | ppmtorast, etc. If you only need to convert black-and-white PICT images over to X format, then try xbitmap (I think that's what it's called), a Mac program ftp-able from sumex-aim.stanford.edu in info-mac/util/xbitmap.hqx. You'll find the giffer there too, named gifpicturetools*.hqx. If you need to convert 24-bit PICT2 images over (such as are created by Aldus Persuasion 2.0 when you export your slides, even on 8-bit displays!), then you'll need something tougher like Thomas Knoll's PhotoShop (don't know who's marketing it--you can call him at (313) 995-8426 ) to open the PICT2 image and save it out as an 8-bit GIF. Later, Kevin Long Baylor College of Medicine klong@bcm.tmc.edu