u-sgreen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Scott Greenman) (09/07/90)
I am trying to get some files from Adobe Illustrator on the Macintosh (Adobe Illustrator 88 1.9.3) to show up on my NeXT. I can easily transfer the files from the mac to the NeXT, and when I open the files with edit they appear to contain PostScript code, but when I try to open them with Preview or Yap, I get just a blank page. In case it's important, the files are originally from SuperPaint on the Mac, saved as PICT, then ran through the DrawOver program that comes with Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator opens them fine after that. Any suggestions? Scott Greenman Univ of Utah
glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (09/07/90)
In article <1990Sep6.161153.27908@hellgate.utah.edu> u-sgreen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Scott Greenman) writes: >I am trying to get some files from Adobe Illustrator on the Macintosh >(Adobe Illustrator 88 1.9.3) to show up on my NeXT. I can easily transfer >the files from the mac to the NeXT, and when I open the files with >edit they appear to contain PostScript code, but when I try to open them >with Preview or Yap, I get just a blank page. In case it's important, the >files are originally from SuperPaint on the Mac, saved as PICT, then ran >through the DrawOver program that comes with Adobe Illustrator. Adobe >Illustrator opens them fine after that. Any suggestions? If you use Illustrator with its default page setups, the PostScript origin is in the TOP LEFT of the page. That means that all the Y coordinates in your drawing will typically be negative numbers. When you print from Illustrator, it supplies the correct tranlation to land your drawing on the page. But if you just try to print (or view) the document, it is all off the bottom. That's just a guess as to what might be the problem. To test this theory, you might add a line to the PostScript code somewhere after the initial comments that looks like this: 0 892 translate If this turns out to be the problem, it is best to fix it on the Mac side, in Illustrator. If you turn on the rulers and grab the little rectangle where the rulers intersect and drag this out onto the page, you will see cross-hairs that represent the PostScript origin. Drag this down to the bottom-left corner of the page. I hope that helps. You might also try placing the Illustrator files into something like FrameMaker. I do it all the time with no problem, so it should be something fairly simple that's the matter. /Glenn -- Glenn Reid RightBrain Software glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us PostScript/NeXT developers ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785
glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (09/07/90)
In article <268@heaven.woodside.ca.us> I write: > 0 892 translate Oops. That should have been 792. I still have trouble touch-typing those numbers around 6,7,8. Sorry. -- Glenn Reid RightBrain Software glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us PostScript/NeXT developers ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785