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From: v0549@gravity.cray.com (#Bill Kamp/MetaComp Resp. Marty Storma)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Color xwd to Mac?
Summary: Use GIF or ILBM (Amiga) formats from ppm
Keywords: xwd, ppm, color, Macintosh
Message-ID: <105212.29699@timbuk.cray.com>
Date: 24 Apr 91 17:02:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: timbuk.105212.29699
References: <1991Apr19.195747.26867@cs.cmu.edu>
Organization: Cray Research, Inc., Eagan, MN
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In article <1991Apr19.195747.26867@cs.cmu.edu> bam@cs.cmu.edu (Brad Myers) writes:
>I am trying to display a color X bitmap from xwd on a Mac.  I can convert the
>xwd file to a ppm file, but there doesn't seem to be ppmtoMac kind of
>program.  I hoped to get a pict file or something that I could display in
>standard Macintosh programs like PowerPoint or SuperPaint.  Is there any
>way to do this?
>
>Brad Myers
>bam@cs.cmu.edu

Yes, use the ppm modules ppmtogif or ppmtoilbm, e.g.  
xwdtoppm $1 | ppmtogif > $1:r.gif 
then transfer the result as a binary to the mac.  You can use
AdobePhotoShop to view the gif and ilbm formats.  You can use any of
several shareware programs to view gif:

GIFConverter, Giffer are both on Compuserve, etc.

Once you have the gif or ilbm file displayed, copying it to the
scrapbook will convert it to a pict format, suitable for use in almost
all applications.  

Bill Kamp