NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/graphics/5318

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Path: sparky!uunet!van-bc!ubc-cs!newsserver.sfu.ca!flui
From: [e-mail] (Francis Wai Gee Lui)
Subject: Re: FAX to Prof Draw Trace?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Keywords: Professional Draw Trace FAX FAXmodem
Sender: [e-mail]
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 03:40:36 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gerry Zeitlin) writes:
>I had been hoping to be able to use my fax machine and faxmodem
>as a poor man's scanner to get images into Professional Draw's
>Trace utility via IFF files.  Trace would then produce structured
>drawings which could be imported to Professional Page as clips.
>
>Unfortunately, Trace cannot handle the IFF files produced by GPFax,
>the software that I'm using with my Supra FAXmodem, because the
>files have "too many pixels".  I also failed to find any graphics
>software on my disk that could handle these files.
>
>Is there a utility for reformatting these IFF fax files?

Yes, almost.  ProDraw 3.0 (I got my upgrade notice a week ago) has an "improved
autotrace".  "Convert bitmapped illustrations to Professional Draw's jaggie-free
structured format with greater accuracy and no size limit," the notice says.
There are many other new features (but probably not as many as ProDraw for
Windows), so you're welcome to e-mail me if you want the whole list.

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