pmiguel at bilbo.bio.purdue.edu writes:
> What programs exist that (somewhat) intelligently convert a Postscript
>or EPS file to TIFF or PICT (etc.) so that it can be modified with a
>typical graphics program (e.g. MacDraw, Canvas, etc.)?
Computer Support Corporation used to sell a package called Decypher
which it claimed could convert any PostScript file into a format
editable by their own Arts & Letters graphics software. I have no
idea if this still exists.
Somebody (I can't remember the name of the company) had a package
called Tailor which could edit arbitrary PostScript files. Tailor
only runs on NeXTstep.
I believe Island Graphics has a graphics editor which can import
arbitrary PostScript files, but I don't know what platforms it runs
on.
Other than that, I think the PostScript editing market is limited to
high end prepress and print production systems.
> By "intelligently" I mean in such a way that text remains text, not
>an arbitrary assembly of graphics.
> Tscript (Teletypesetting Company, Brookline, MA) can do the EPS to TIFF
>or PICT conversion but the resulting file contains one big graphics image
>-- no text. Microsoft Word can convert an EPS file to a lesser extent
>in that it can print it okay but displays it only as a large grey
>box. Canvas does essentially the same thing.
Microsoft Word doesn't convert the file ... it just includes it.
>> The postscript file comes from the GCG program PRETTYPLOT. If GCG could
>create TIFF or PICT graphics files there wouldn't be a problem -- but GCG
>seems to be made to allow output to a printer or printer-formated file
>only.
>Phillip
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