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#Macdraw to Amiga again

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#43139From: Robert TakahashiDec 11, 1991 8:24 PM
Well folks, I tried almost every combination to convert MacDraw picture from MAXII with transfer2 program to no avail. Do I need a special extension or something when I do the transfer? I am using Macview to show the pictures on the Amiga side. Any help would be grateful. Robert
#43152From: J.R. BOOKWALTERDec 11, 1991 10:20 PM
MacView is only good to view pictures created in Mac PAINT, not Mac Draw. Paint files are binary, similar to Deluxe Paint on the Amiga. Mac Draw files are Encapsulated Postscript, which the Amiga is sorely lacking in good support. ProDraw, ProPage, PageStream and the like will load and print EPS graphics, but without the on-screen display that Mac and PC users have come to know and love. MacDraw is similar to Adobe Illustrator, another EPS structured graphic program. Try loading them into a DTP program such as the ones listed above, but be prepared to stare at a large block with no graphic in it. Otherwise you might try the EPS file via Post, which is available here on CIS, and displaying it it onscreen. J.R.