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From: rrd@hpfinote.HP.COM (Ray Depew x2419)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: scanned images > ST  - what method is best?
Message-ID: <15330006@hpfinote.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Sep 90 14:52:58 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard CICD
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swood@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Scott Wood) asks:

> ...
> I was wondering what would be the best method for converting scanned images to
> st format?  I can save the scans in the form of pict (two formats - paint & 
> I forget the other) or TIFF.  I can also convert it to various other formats
> including GIF and standard mac bitmap (color scans have a few other formats
> that I can convert to as well)
> What software do I need, and what formats should I go to for the software?
> BTW the scanning accessory is Microtek

I was going to buy the MS-DOS package called Hijaak (yes, that's the correct
spelling) to do graphics file conversions.  It sells for US$99 and converts
any file format to any other one -- slight exaggeratio n, but it's too many
formats to list here.  Can anyone else provide info?

There was one format Hijaak supported that looked like it would work on the
ST, that is to say, it was a Digital Research format, .GEM, I think.  I'm
in the midst of moving, the information is in storage, and I'm talking from
memory right now.

I *think* that PC .GEM files and ST .GEM files are identical and
interchangeable.  (With all the other unadvertised "PC-compatible" features
built into the ST, I'd be surprised if they weren't!)

I'd suggest you convert your files to .GEM format.  You may need to buy
Hijaak to do it, but that's only $99.  Let us all know how it turns out.

Regards
Ray Depew
HP Colorado IC Divison
rrd@hpfitst1.hp.com
(Disclaimer:  just me shooting off my mouth.....)
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