Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!sgi!cdp!jwhiting
From: jwhiting@cdp.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: EPS screen image & EPSI ??s
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Date: 13 Sep 90 07:51:00 GMT
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!jwhiting    Sep 13 00:51:00 1990


A different buncha EPS issues:

I write a fair number of EPS files.  I work on a Mac and use SmartArt to 
generate my PICTs for screen images.  So far, so good.

Now I want to port these EPS images over to the PC under Windows and 
eventually onto a Sun.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is no 
SmartArt or equivalent for the PC.  So the first question is, how does 
one generate a PC screen image with a minimum of fuss and muss?  Hand 
generating TIFFs ain't my idea of a good time.

So I sez to myself: time for a shortcut.  Use Adobe PhotoShop to open 
the PICT resource up and export it as a TIFF, link it to the PC and 
somehow insert it as a comment in the PC EPS file?  Apple File Exchange 
with DataViz filters?  Or do I have to live with gray BBoxes all my 
life?

And what about EPSI?  It was always a part of the EPS spec but not even 
Illustrator reads it.  The sample in the tech note don't work.  Will the 
new Illustrator 3.0 read generic hex screen images, setting the example 
for other developers to follow (hint, hint)?

And speaking of PhotoShop shortcuts, will the export as "raw" option 
generate the equivalent of an EPSI screen image?  Will this EPSI beast 
be further explained in the upcoming Son of Red Book?

And what about the Sun world?  While I don't use one now, I'd like to 
real soon.  What do they use for screen images when displaying hand made 
EPS files?

inquiring minds want to know...  Please respond within this conference 
because I have a hunch I'm not the only one with these questions.

thanks gang,
jwhiting

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