Re: EPS Conversion

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From: Peter Ceresole
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 00:00

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In article <19980606081027339072@teknesis.demon.co.uk>,
LPS@teknesis.demon.co.uk (Larry Stoter) wrote:

>Thanks - I'll try it out. Does it do a 'proper' conversion though? I
>have PICTuresque which supposedly converts EPS to PICT but what it
>actually does is throw out the EPS code and just leave you with the 72
>dpi pict screen rendering of the EPS file - not really very useful as
>you loose all the detail of the original EPS file.

I don't know about EPStoPICT, but MacGS will allow you to rescale the EPS
file so you get the PICT at whatever scale you choose. It will convert to
many other formats too, but I have set it to 'safe' operating mode which
disables formats other than PICT.

-- 
Peter

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