Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!adobe!heaven!glenn From: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: EDITABLE graphics translation posting response Message-ID: <354@heaven.woodside.ca.us> Date: 6 Dec 90 08:15:44 GMT References: <1042@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <12169@milton.u.washington.edu> Reply-To: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) Organization: RightBrain Software, Woodside, CA Lines: 30 In article scott@mcs-server.gac.edu (Scott Hess) writes: >In article <12169@milton.u.washington.edu> wjs@milton.u.washington.edu (William Jon Shipley) writes: > > Glenn Reid (ex of Adobe, now Head Cheese of RightBrain software) told me > in e-mail that Adobe Illustrator (for the Mac) ships with a little utility > called "DrawOver" which changes PICT into PS that Illustrator can edit. > > DISCLAIMER: Any misinformation in this post is my fault, not Glenn's. > >Well, maybe. The question is: Does it import it to _editable_ postscript? Yes. It's not really "postscript", actually, it's an "illustrator" file. Illustrator documents just happen to be in valid PostScript syntax. They are indistinguishable from things you drew with Illustrator and saved. Editable PostScript is a holy grail (at the moment). Illustrator files are editable, and they happen to be PostScript, but that's not quite the same thing as editable PostScript, because they aren't arbitrary PostScript files. Here's another way to think about it: "an Illustrator file is always a PostScript file, but a PostScript file isn't always an Illustrator file." I hope that helps. Glenn -- Glenn Reid RightBrain Software glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us PostScript/NeXT developers ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785