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From: ocoin@pwa-b.UUCP (Terry O'Coin)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Raster Editing
Message-ID: <165@pwa-b.UUCP>
Date: 11 Mar 88 21:41:33 GMT
Organization: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, E. Hartford, CT
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Keywords: Raster Scanning


I am interested in hearing from anyone who has had experience with some
of the commercially available raster editing packages.

The packages I have in mind are from Impell, Formtek and Optigraphics.
I am interested in any opinions you might have about any of these 
packages you may have used.  I am mainly interested in those who
might have used the packages for modifying engineering drawings, but
I would appreciate any input.

I realize that Formtek and Impell both run on SUN platforms, and that
Optigraphics sells their own workstations/scanners.

In addition, I am interested in scanning engineering drawings and aperture
cards into these systems.  Has anyone out there used a Versatec Acris (sp?)
scanner? If so, how is the quality of the raster images it creates?

Thanks in advance. Please mail your responses directly to me, unless you 
think a general posting would be of interest to more people.