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From: dahe@cl.cam.ac.uk (David Elworthy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Draw ---> Paint (I hope this is not a silly question!)
Message-ID: <1991May17.083916.14894@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: 17 May 91 08:39:16 GMT
References: <1991May14.133403.16582@garfield.cs.mun.ca>
Reply-To: dahe@cl.cam.ac.uk (David Elworthy)
Organization: U of Cambridge Comp Lab, UK
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In article <1991May14.133403.16582@garfield.cs.mun.ca> charles1@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Charles Loader) writes:
>I am at present trying to put scanned images from my Archimedes into
>some of our manuals rather than using 'cut and paste'.  Some of the
>images need text added in the same font as the rest of the manual as
>well as some other changes. I can make just the right picture using !Paint
>.... moving to !Draw allows me to add the text. NOW, how do I get the
>Draw file back into paint (with text and any other changes) OR convert
>the draw file into a bit-map so that I can translate it to some other
>format for printing (on a UNIX machine not my Arch).
>
>Charles


One way of doing this (a bit of a hack) is to get the image displayed on the
screen in some suitable mode, then use the "camera" option in Paint, i.e.
choose "Get screen area" from the icon bar menu. You can then drag a box over
part of the screen and "photograph" that area as a sprite. You'll probably
need to trim it a bit in Paint - it's easy to get some bits of the window
frame in the image.

-- david elworthy