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From: cds@duke.cs.duke.edu (Craig D. Singer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Where You Can Find Whole-Screen/Whole-Page Images
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Date: Thu, 18-Jun-87 13:36:36 EDT
Article-I.D.: duke.9790
Posted: Thu Jun 18 13:36:36 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 14:19:15 EDT
Organization: Duke University CS Dept.; Durham, NC
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A while ago I asked people for information on full-screen and full-page
images for the Macintosh.  I did not get many replies, but of those I got,
three suggestions come out that are useful to interested readers:

1. Buy disks from public domain catalogs, notably Educomp, where many
full-screen and full-page images can be found, usually assorted by subject
onto disks.

2. Buy a scanner and books (notably from Dover Publishing) and/or magazines
with interesting pictures and run 'em through.

3. Buy MacDraw-style clip-art, much of which can be scaled to any size
without the horrible contortions of MacPaint-style bit images.

The last suggestion may be useful for some purposes, but as I am more
interested in scenes rather than just big images, I consider the other two
suggestions more appropriate (for me).  Of these, (1) is cheaper than (2)
but certainly less flexible for real art work.  It's a matter of taste,
degree of interest, and pocket size.

I have received the Educomp catalog, and indeed, it does contain many disks
of full-screen and full-page imagery.  Thanks to those of you who offered
that advice.  However, Educomp's disks are $10 apiece, no small potatoes for
public domain artwork (most of which, I would guess, was scanned and cleaned
up by some industrious people).  The disks contain around half a dozen images
each, which seems strange since if they are MacPaint files we're talking
about less than half the storage space of a one-sided disk.  Not a lot for
your ten bucks, I'd say.  Still, I might buy one or two since there seems to
be no other alternative.

Any further comments would be appreciated.

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