ACPS1072@RYERSON <ACPS1072@Ryerson.CA> (04/20/91)
Hello all, 1. Does anyone out there know of a program that can convert IFF pictures, both HAM and ILBMs over to the MACs PICT format?? and back (not required, but kind of nice). The other BIG question is, does the program support batch files or can it be used to do batch convertions using Arexx??? To all those ADpro fans out there, ADpro does not support PICT (at least not as of yet - hint hint... If you people writing modules for ADpro are reading this... I'll buy your first module :-> ). 2. Is anyone willing to share the PICT file format with me? Even if I have to rewrite the entire Macintoshs 32-bit quickdraw, I WILL do so just so I can use their format with my Amiga in BATCH processes. Derek Lang<<<<< | ACPS1072@Ryerson | "Get this clown trained. I want him in the games Toronto, ON | until he dies playing. Acknowledge." Canada | - Master Control Program
bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdm) (04/23/91)
ACPS1072@Ryerson.CA (ACPS1072@RYERSON) writes: > Hello all, > > 1. Does anyone out there know of a program that can convert IFF pictures, > both HAM and ILBMs over to the MACs PICT format?? and back (not required, > but kind of nice). > > To all those ADpro fans out there, ADpro does not support PICT (at least not > as of yet - hint hint... If you people writing modules for ADpro are reading > this... I'll buy your first module :-> ). Hmm...although ADPro doesn't directly support PICT, it does support TIFF. Once you get the image in TIFF format, why can't you just convert it via someother program to PICT? I think that TIFF (which supports 24bit bitmaps) is the main standard in the Mac world and if you need to convert to PICT, there is another tool to do that which runs on the Mac. Although I haven't used any Mac paint software in quite a while, I believe most of them load in TIFF and will save out PICT if you so desire. -- Bob The Graphics BBS 908/469-0049 "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" ============================================================================ InterNet: bobl@graphics.rent.com | Raven Enterprises UUCP: ...rutgers!bobsbox!graphics!bobl | 25 Raven Avenue BitNet: bobl%graphics.rent.com@pucc | Piscataway, NJ 08854 Home #: 908/560-7353 | 908/271-8878
ACPS1072@RYERSON <ACPS1072@Ryerson.CA> (04/25/91)
RE: Why not just convert IFF to TIFF (on amiga) then to PICT on a MAC Answer: I am trying to avoid using the MAC all together for doing the conversions of each IFF file. Don't get me wrong, the Mac has great conversion programs like Adobe Photoshop. The Mac DOES NOT support batch processes. The COOL thing of owning an Amiga is that we can run an AREXX program go get something to eat, sleep, and see a movie, while the computer works at converting a few hundred (maybe thousand) pictures. Doing this on a MAC a person would have to sit in front of the MAC moving the mouse on the screen and type in whatever box appears for text input (like for file names). There is a program which can record a few moves of the mouse and keyboard (much like record and play on the Amiga) except that only 16 things can happen per macro and you cannot define a macro within a macro. One or two file conversions maybe, but hundreds?? yeeech!! Yes, I've even tried doing this on an IBM at, but with MS-dos each directory is limited to only 256 files (or was it 255 - whatever). So... I ask again, anyone have any ideas of converting a large number of IFFs over to PICT and back???????? Derek Lang<<<<< | ACPS1072@Ryerson | "Get this clown trained. I want him in the games Toronto, ON | until he dies playing. Acknowledge." Canada | - Master Control Program
Ken_Cooper@mindlink.bc.ca (Ken Cooper) (04/27/91)
Derek Lang writes:
So... I ask again, anyone have any ideas of converting a large number of
IFFs over to PICT and back????????
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