On Jun 3, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Gord L. Clink wrote:
> Hi Deron,
>
> I'm just looking for something to convert some bitmap
line drawings
> to vector so that they will print jagged free.
>
I don't really use the windows platform that much, but Adobe
Illustrator is the only reasonable tracing program I have
found on OS
X (and it is also available on Windows). All adobe products
are
expensive, but if you can get an educational price that
helps a lot (I
happen to work at a university that gets better than the
standard edu
price so it was *very* reasonable). I really recommend Adobe
Illustrator, it is a good solid program and it has
flawlessly traced
everything* I have threw at it.
*including things that were not reasonable to trace and that
PgS could
not load the results (too many points)
> I would also like them to have a preview image so I can
see it in my
> pagestreem layout. I guess something with a trace
feature would be
> nice, but if not, I can just trace the images
manually.
>
Adobe Illustrator might be overkill for you then. I believe
the only
problematic file type is EPS though so you could avoid that.
I think
Inkscape would provide you with previews. It is free, but
linux based
and so any port to windows is likely to be problematic (the
windows
port of the GIMP is less than awe inspiring)
Tim Doty
>
>
> Gord Clink
> APATCO Technologies
> http://www.apatco.com
>
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> Subject: Re: [PageStreamSupport] Vector Graphics
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> Hi Gord,
>
> There are a number of ways to do this on Amiga and
Windows. If you are
> printing to a postscript printer, then something that
will export EPS
> files with a bitmap preview would be good. Best would
be something
> that
> exported in Adobe Illustrator format.
>
> Depending on what Amiga OS version you have, you might
look for an old
> copy of a DR2D vector editor.
>
> What drawing features are you looking for?
>
> Deron
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Just wondering what everyone would recommend for a
Vector Graphics
> package to use along with PageStream. I'm using V4 on
the Amiga, but
> either PC or Amiga software is fine with me... just
something that
> will work and show a preview image when inserting an
object into
> PageStream document.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gord Clink
> > APATCO Technologies
>
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