Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!nsc!pyramid!infmx!robertw From: robertw@informix.com (Robert Weinberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Two PostScript Questions Summary Message-ID: <1991Apr19.200110.11677@informix.com> Date: 19 Apr 91 20:01:10 GMT References: <1991Apr15.101029.1@csc.anu.edu.au> <1991Apr18.160609.20457@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News) Organization: Informix Software, Inc. Lines: 21 In article baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) writes: > > Does anyone know of a way to convert a standard text postscript file > > to any of the Mac object-oriented graphics formats? > > > > Any information will be greatly appreciated. > >Well, if the PostScript file contains Encapsulated PostScript (i.e., >has the proper comments, bounding box info, etc.), you might be able >to open it in Illustrator or Freehand. Nope. Neither program has a PostScript interpreter. Illustrator creates a very special PostScript syntax through use of extensive definitions. Illustrator can parse this special syntax to create a bitmap file, but it cannot interpret general PostScript. The only practical way to write PostScript into Illustrator syntax is to use the Illustrator draw tools! I assume Freehand works similarly. -- * Rob Weinberg, graphics & publishing ***** Does a falling tree make a sound * * {uunet,pyramid}!infmx!robertw ***** if 1: no one hears it * * => Ask me about me. ***** BUT 2: it is not known that * * => Ask Informix about Informix. ***** no one hears it? *