haroldt@paralandra.yorku.ca (Harold Tomlinson) (05/21/91)
Hi... Has anyone ever converted a tiff file to postscript format? I've one that I'd really like to display/print. -- # Harold Tomlinson ## haroldt@paralandra.yorku.ca # # Computing & Communications Services ## (416)736-5257-33802 # # YORK UNIVERSITY, Ont, CANADA ## ########################### #
psun@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Pete) (05/21/91)
In article <HAROLDT.91May20173517@paralandra.yorku.ca> haroldt@paralandra.yorku.ca (Harold Tomlinson) writes: >Hi... > Has anyone ever converted a tiff file to postscript format? I've one that >I'd really like to display/print. Tiff to PostScript seems to be cake...at least to bit-mapped postscript. There are a multitude of programs to do this (i recommend GrafWork, available from Simtel). Converting to vector postscript to take advantage of postscript's real power is much trickier. I have yet to find a program capable of doing this.
mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) (05/21/91)
In article <1991May21.012537.26449@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> psun@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Pete) writes: >In article <HAROLDT.91May20173517@paralandra.yorku.ca> haroldt@paralandra.yorku.ca (Harold Tomlinson) writes: >>Hi... >> Has anyone ever converted a tiff file to postscript format? I've one that >>I'd really like to display/print. > > Tiff to PostScript seems to be cake...at least to bit-mapped >postscript. There are a multitude of programs to do this (i recommend >GrafWork, available from Simtel). Converting to vector postscript to >take advantage of postscript's real power is much trickier. I have >yet to find a program capable of doing this. Adobe Streamline 2.0 for the Mac seems quite capable of this, and is reasonably priced at under $150. Compared to its $300+ price tag a year ago, it's worth a look-see. The program literally traces the bitmap, and converts it into an editable PostScript file -- Illustrator format, I assume. Although, if it's just for one file, I wouldn't go to the trouble. But it is wonderful for scanning line art, and converting it to a [much smaller] postscript file. MikeC -- --------------------------------------------------------- Michael D. Callaghan, MDC Designs, University of Maryland --------------------------------------------------------- - Celibacy is a curable condition -