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From: amr@egr.duke.edu (Anthony M. Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Mac Pict images to Encap. PS
Message-ID: <1443@cameron.egr.duke.edu>
Date: 21 May 91 18:05:09 GMT
Organization: Duke University EE Dept.; Durham, NC
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In a few weeks I will receive a set of Macintosh pict images that
I would like to convert to encapsulated PostScript for display
on the NeXT.  I am not familiar with either the Mac or the
pict format, but here is what I assume I will be receiving.

The Mac files were created with a plotting program, so I assume
the pict format supports graphics objects (lines, circles, etc).
That is, I don't think I will be getting raster data, but I may be
very wrong.  I would like to convert these files to EPS
(again to a structured graphics format, not to PS images).

Can some Mac/NeXT guru set me straight and point me to
appropriate source code?

(Note: I need to do the conversion on a NeXT and not on a Mac.)

Thanks in advance,
Tony Richardson
amr@egr.duke.edu

p.s.:  I doubt that this is of general interest, so respond by
email please.