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From: bezanson@adobe.COM (Brian Bezanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Freehand to Illustrator
Message-ID: <1046@adobe.UUCP>
Date: 3 Aug 89 19:53:50 GMT
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Reply-To: bezanson@adobe.UUCP (Brian Bezanson)
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In article <89214.141326JAH4@PSUVMXA> JAH4@PSUVMXA.BITNET (JEFFREY A. HAMMAN) writes:
>  Thanks for the response as this is the only one to date that I got.
It appears my previous direct response got bounced and bounced and returned.

>this file to get it in a form that I can use...but struck out.  Perhaps
>a call to Adobe Illustrator would be in order at this point.  It just
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Actually it would be a call to Adobe, creators of PostScript, Fonts,
Illustrator (Mac & PC), Streamline, TrueForm, Collectors Edition and soon
ATM and :-) ;-) 8-)

>seems that the advertisement on EPS clip art is somewhat misleading.
>Most state that you can "manipulate images with a postscript drawing
>program such as Adobe Illustrator or Aldus FreeHand".  I am finding
[other stuff deleted]

>Purchasers of this clip art should be aware of this is my feeling.

The orignal question was in regards to how you can bring Freehand artwork
into Illustrator format. The answer is you can't. Illustrator is a lot like
MacWrite was - first kid on the block. Its file format was published and it
became the 'standard' format used for editable EPS images. What manufacturers
do with clip art and the format they supply it in is up to them. Whether
Illustrator will read FreeHand files in a later version I can't say. For now,
there is no easy way to bring it in. The only solutions available are the 
screen dump -> template -- too jaggy. Or to print it and scan it in and use
Streamline on it. 

Note: These are my opinions and not those of Adobe's. Any suggestions of
future products are only meant in the "smiling" sense.

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Brian Bezanson						bezanson@adobe.com

Mr Mac says, "If you use your Mac to create some form of documents (letters,
newsletters, books, etc...) and if you're at MacWorld next week, take a look
at ATM (Adobe Type Manager), it'll make your show."