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From: vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com (venu.p.gopal)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Deluxe paint and Paintbrush image formats/converters
Summary: PCX etc
Message-ID: <1990Dec20.151535.5550@cbnewsc.att.com>
Date: 20 Dec 90 15:15:35 GMT
References: <2165@shodha.enet.dec.com>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <2165@shodha.enet.dec.com>, b_egan@levers.enet.dec.com (Bob Egan) writes:
! 
! What is the standard file type used in Deluxe-paint and Paintbrush.

Paintbrush use the PCX format (*.PCX).  Don't know about Deluxe Paint.

! Are there MD-DOS converters say to GIF so I can then convert them
! to Postscript ?

PCX to GIF can be done by a PD program called CVTGIF.

! To I have to pre-process the color image (if drawn in color) before
! converting GIF to postscript (my laser printer is B&W only)

Depends on how you are converting to postscript.   I think there is a
GIF to postscript converter (that should convert the color to grays)
called POSTGIF.  You can also display it and do a screen grab directly
to postscript(EPS) in grayscale using Screen-to-Postscript.
! 
! btw..I have a gif to postscript *.exe for VMS if someone needs it.

Does it do color postscript ?  I'm now looking for a gif to color postscript
converter for the PC (executable or source).
! 
! thanks, ! Bob Egan	b_egan@levers.enet.dec.com