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From: ccfac@nt.sait.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Message-ID: <27974.278c92ca@nt.sait.edu.au>
Date: 10 Jan 91 16:14:02 GMT
References: <2165@shodha.enet.dec.com>
Organization: Sth Australian Inst of Technology
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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.
>
For Deluxe-paint, it is *.IFF format
For Paintbrush, it is *.PCX format
To find out more of the nitty gritty of these format, you can probably
download some document files explaining about the format from SIMTEL-20
in a dos directory called graphics

> Are there MD-DOS converters say to GIF so I can then convert them
> to Postscript ?
>
The best one I've seen is Graphic Workshop (currently version 4.8)
Filename is GRAFWK48.ZIP in graphics directory in SIMTEL-20

> 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)
>
Graphic Workshop have some very nice dithering function to convert colors
to nice black and white shades.

> btw..I have a gif to postscript *.exe for VMS if someone needs it.
>
> thanks,
>
You're most welcome.


Francis Chan
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CCFAC@SAIT.EDU.AU       Francis Chan
University of South Australia
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