[comp.lang.postscript] Graphics to PostScript

szabo@aludra.usc.edu (Lord Dethedrus) (06/25/91)

	I am looking for a program to convert graphics files (specifically GIF
files) to PostScript, either for UNIX or MS-DOS.


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klute@tommy.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) (06/25/91)

In article <18027@chaph.usc.edu>, szabo@aludra.usc.edu (Lord Dethedrus) writes:
|> 	I am looking for a program to convert graphics files (specifically GIF
|> files) to PostScript, either for UNIX or MS-DOS.

Get the pbmplus package and do the following:

	giftoppm picture.gif | ppmtops >color_picture.ps
or
	giftoppm picture.gif | ppmtopgm | pgmtops >grayscale_picture.ps

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