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From: dad@mit-vax.UUCP (David Duff)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Draw to Paint conversion
Message-ID: <259@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Apr-86 09:39:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: mit-vax.259
Posted: Thu Apr 24 09:39:19 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 27-Apr-86 06:35:52 EDT
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Reply-To: dad@mit-vax.UUCP (David Duff)
Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA
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Summary: Don't ruin draw doc by posting in paint format.

In article <163@bridge2.UUCP> ngg@bridge2.UUCP writes:
>> I have a MacDraw document that I would like to post but feel that it
>> would be preferable to post a MacPaint equivalent since MacPaint is
>> universal while there may be interested parties who do not have
>> MacDraw.  Unfortunately I can not figure out how to convert the
>> document.....
>
>There is a utility I've seen on Compuserve that Converts Draw Documents
>to Paint. .....
>

My sugestion would be to post it in some way which would preserve the
"abstract" graphic objects that the drawing is composed of.  This
makes your posting much more useful for several reasons:

	- It is more "device independent" in some sense.  That is, it
can be printed out on higher resolution device (like the laserwriter)
with better results.
	- The size of the posting will most likely be much smaller.
MacPaint stores images as compressed bitmaps, while MacDraw stores
them as lines, polygons, etc.  MacDraw docs. tend to be much smaller.
	- Macpaint is not an effective way of dealing with anything
bigger than the size of the screen.
	- Macpaint is not really a standard anymore.  It is no longer
given away with new mac's and there are  some much more powerful
graphics editors available for the same price.

I guess you were reluctant to post the macdraw doc because you thought
that not many people have draw.  That may be the case, so if you want
to post something in a form that will be most useful to most people,
post a clipboard or scrapbook file containing the picture.  That way
everyone can use it.  (Even people who only have macWrite but not Draw
or Paint).