Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!wam.umd.edu!mikec From: mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Tiff to postscript??? Has anyone done this? Message-ID: <1991May21.151427.10999@wam.umd.edu> Date: 21 May 91 15:14:27 GMT References: <1991May21.012537.26449@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> Sender: usenet@wam.umd.edu (USENET Posting) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Maryland at College Park Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: wor In article <1991May21.012537.26449@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> psun@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Pete) writes: >In article haroldt@paralandra.yorku.ca (Harold Tomlinson) writes: >>Hi... >> Has anyone ever converted a tiff file to postscript format? I've one that >>I'd really like to display/print. > > Tiff to PostScript seems to be cake...at least to bit-mapped >postscript. There are a multitude of programs to do this (i recommend >GrafWork, available from Simtel). Converting to vector postscript to >take advantage of postscript's real power is much trickier. I have >yet to find a program capable of doing this. Adobe Streamline 2.0 for the Mac seems quite capable of this, and is reasonably priced at under $150. Compared to its $300+ price tag a year ago, it's worth a look-see. The program literally traces the bitmap, and converts it into an editable PostScript file -- Illustrator format, I assume. Although, if it's just for one file, I wouldn't go to the trouble. But it is wonderful for scanning line art, and converting it to a [much smaller] postscript file. MikeC -- --------------------------------------------------------- Michael D. Callaghan, MDC Designs, University of Maryland --------------------------------------------------------- - Celibacy is a curable condition -