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From: xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Looking for clip art FTP sites...
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Date: 15 May 91 16:44:29 GMT
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In article <1991May15.053456.29702@ariel.unm.edu>, kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) writes:
>
>I have a suggestion to Clip Art freaks. 
> 
> Get GIFtoIFF 2.0, a whole ton of GIF's, and Digi-Paint III. 
>  
>  This is all you need to make a clip art collection. 
>
>Convert (.gif) gif files to IFF (amiga pictures), 
>Load IFF pictures into DPIII and save (converts it to something readable).
>
>There you have it, more clip art than you'll ever need.

   The problem is, all of this "clip art" is bitmapped.  It is also mostly
color, and would produce very bad results in B&W documents.

   I am still waiting for someone to produce a program to convert MACDraw 
files to either the new structered IFF format or the Professional Draw 2.0
format.  There are boatloads of PD clip art files available in MACDraw
format, but very, very few available in either the structured IFF format
or even the Pro Draw format.

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