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From: robertw@informix.com (Rob Weinberg)
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Subject: Re: EDITABLE graphics translation posting response
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Date: 3 Dec 90 18:49:39 GMT
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In article <12169@milton.u.washington.edu> wjs@milton.u.washington.edu (William Jon Shipley) writes:
>Adobe Illustrator (for the Mac) ships with a little utility
>called "DrawOver" which changes PICT into PS that Illustrator can edit.
>
>Since Illustrator will soon be available for the NeXT, I'd assume this would
>be one easy to way to get editable PICTs on the NeXT, if you have Illustrator
>for both.

But note: only certain elements in PICT format can be converted to
Illustrator via DrawOver. And, any MacDraw graphic saved as a PICT
may loose some of its information. You cannot reliably take your
library of Canvas or MacDraw graphics and convert them to Illustrator
format.
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