rabanes@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Greg Rabanes) (06/29/90)
Hi, Could anyone out there recommend a Mac paint and/or draw program that can read in raw PostScript files? Thanks, G. <rabanes@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
cckweiss@castor (07/03/90)
In article <8453@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> rabanes@uhccux.UUCP (Greg Rabanes) writes: > > >Hi, > > Could anyone out there recommend a Mac paint and/or draw program > that can read in raw PostScript files? > >Thanks, >G. <rabanes@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> If it's a truly valid postscript file, with a good header and all, then Adobe Illustrator should open and edit it. Illustrator works with EPS files too. Ken Weiss cckweiss@castor.ucdavis.edu
gelphman@adobe.COM (David Gelphman) (07/04/90)
In article <7633@aggie.ucdavis.edu> cckweiss@castor.ucdavis.edu () writes: >If it's a truly valid postscript file, with a good header and all, then >Adobe Illustrator should open and edit it. Illustrator works with EPS >files too. >Ken Weiss It would be great if it were true but unfortunately it isn't. Illustrator CAN open files in its own format. The Illustrator file format IS an EPS file. It cannot open an arbitrary EPS file, only those which are in the Adobe Illustrator format. The difference is that an EPS file can contain an arbitrary collection of PostScript code that follows certain guidelines so that it is well behaved. An Illustrator file is MUCH more highly structured than an arbitrary EPS file, hence it knows how to open the file and allow you to edit it. Adobe Illustrator 88 allows you to import arbitrary EPS files and treat that file as an object. You can shear, rotate, etc. just like other objects in Adobe Illustrator. You cannot edit the individual components of the EPS file in this case. The Illustrator file format is available from Adobe Systems. You can call Adobe Developer Support and request the document or you can send a message to the Adobe file server and request a copy of the document describing the format in a form suitable to sending to a PostScript printer. To use the file server, send a message to ps-file-server@adobe.com and make the subject line 'help' Hope this helps, David Gelphman Adobe Developer Support Disclaimer: All men are human, Plato was a man, therefore all men are Plato.