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- ART2WP V2.2 PFS:First Publisher Clipart to TIFF File Translator
- Copyright 1989-92 by William J. Hinkle
- Licensed to Spinnaker Software Corporation
-
-
- === User's Guide ===
-
-
- The ART2WP program was created to allow clip art files created through the
- PFS:First Publisher desktop publishing program to be used by word processing
- programs that handle graphics, and in other graphics programs. To do this,
- ART2WP translates these ART files into any of several other graphics file
- formats. ART2WP now handles the high-resolution ART files introduced in First
- Publisher Version 3, as well as MAC (MacPaint) files and some FP PUB files.
- You can translate to:
-
- * .WPG files (Word Perfect 5 graphics format)
- * .TIF files (Aldus/Microsoft TIFF format)
- * .BIT or .RLE files (Lotus Manuscript graphics format)
- * .IMG files (GEM Paint format)
- * .PCX files (PC Paintbrush PCX Format)
-
- The translator is a single file: ART2WP.EXE. The default translation is to
- TIFF (.TIF) format (Intel uncompressed variety).
-
- ==============
- COPYRIGHT INFO
- ==============
- This utility program ART2WP.EXE was written by William J. Hinkle
- who retains the copyright. This version is licensed to Spinnaker Software
- Corporation for distribution and is subject to sub-licensing agreements by
- that corporation.
-
- ===============
- BASIC OPERATION
- ===============
-
- First create a PFS:First Publisher clip art file, which should have a .ART
- extension on the filename.
-
- To create a .TIF file (the default), type in:
-
- ART2WP fname1
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.TIF
-
- from the DOS command prompt.
-
- * For "fname1", substitute the name of your clip art file.
-
- * The .ART and .TIF extensions are assumed if something else is not specified.
-
- * The .TIF file name is made the same as the .ART file name if not otherwise
- specified. Specify a different "fname2" if desired.
-
- * Full DOS pathnames can be specified. If you enter a directory (ending in \)
- or a drive (ending in :) for the second ("fname2") filename, the output file
- will be placed on that path with the default filename; i.e, the input filename
- with a .TIF extension.
-
- The .ART file will be translated to a .TIF file.
-
- The .ART file will not be erased. Other options may be specified; see below.
-
- ==================
- WILDCARD FILENAMES
- ==================
-
- ART2WP can handle wildcard filenames, like *.ART. To convert all of the ART
- files in the current directory to TIF, for example, type this command at the
- DOS command prompt:
-
- ART2WP *.ART
-
- If you are converting to something other than TIF, use the /fN "format" command
- to set the output format, rather than an output file extension.
-
- ==================
- OTHER FILE FORMATS
- ==================
-
- To create a new graphics file in one of the other supported formats (other
- than the default TIF format), you must specify the other format. You have two
- ways to do this. One way is to specify the output filename ("fname2") with
- the appropriate extension. The other is to specify the special /fN option
- switch that selects the desired format. The second method is usually the
- best, because the .ART file's filename is then automatically used for the
- output file.
-
- Some examples:
-
- ---
- * To get a Word Perfect WPG file:
-
- ART2WP fname1 /fw
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.WPG
-
- gives you a WPG file.
-
- ---
- * To get a Lotus Manuscript graphics file:
-
- ART2WP fname1 /fb
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.BIT
-
- or, for RLE files (NOT Windows 3 RLE!), which are often smaller:
-
- ART2WP fname1 /fr
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.RLE
-
- ---
- * To get a GEM Paint graphics file:
-
- ART2WP fname1 /fi
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.IMG
-
- ---
-
- * To get a ZSoft PC Paintbrush PCX file
-
- ART2WP fname1 /fp
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.PCX
-
- ==============
- COMPLEAT USAGE
- ==============
-
- If you invoke ART2WP from DOS without any other parameters, it will display
- the following help message. This illustrates some of the other options you
- can select with command line switches.
-
- -----
- PFS:FP ART-to-WP Image Translator: V2.2 ... Copyright 1989-92 by W.J.Hinkle
- Licensed to Spinnaker Software Corporation.
-
- Usage: ART2WP fname1 [fname2] [options] ...
- where: fname1.ART ... PFS: First Publisher ART input file
- or fname1.MAC ... PFS: First Publisher MAC input file
- fname2.TIF ... TIFF format output file (default: fname1.TIF)
- or fname2.WPG ... Word Perfect 5 WPG output file (default: fname1.WPG)
- or fname2.BIT ... Lotus Manuscript BIT output file
- or fname2.IMG ... GEM IMG format output file
- or fname2.PCX ... PC Paintbrush PCX format output file
-
- Command Line Options:
- /xN ... x density = N pixels-per-inch (default: 72)
- /yN ... y density = N lines-per-inch (default: per x)
- /v ... reverse video
- /ft ... format TIFF output file -- Intel/IBM
- /ftm ... format TIFF output file -- Motorola/Mac
- /fw ... format WPG (Word Perfect) output file
- /fb ... format BIT (Lotus Manuscript) output file
- /fr ... format RLE (Lotus Manuscript) output file
- /fi ... format IMG (GEM) output file
- /fp ... format PCX (PC Paintbrush) output file
-
- ART2WP is a translator from First Publisher ART and MAC image files
- to various word processor image file formats:
-
- To Microsoft/Aldus TIFF files (default, or fname2.TIF, or use /ft option),
- or Word Perfect 5 WPG files (fname2.WPG, or use /fw option)
- or Lotus Manuscript BIT/RLE files (fname2.BIT/RLE, or use /fb, /fr options),
- or GEM IMG files (fname2.IMG, or use /fi option),
- or PC Paintbrush PCX files (fname2.PCX, or use /fp option).
-
- (followed by license and trademark information...)
-
- =============
- REVERSE VIDEO
- =============
-
- Normally ART2WP keeps black and white the same between the ART file and the
- output file. If you want a reverse video effect, use the /v option switch.
-
- ==================
- SIZING AND DENSITY
- ==================
-
- Normally ART2WP make a output file with an image density of 72x72 pixels (or
- lines) per inch, the same as First Publisher uses for low resolution ART
- files, MAC and PUB files. When translating high-resolution ART files, the
- indicated resolution is used (usually this is 300 pixels per inch). This lets
- your program compute the "natural" size of the graphics image. You can specify
- a different density by specifying it with either the /x or /y option switches
- (e.g. /x200 is 200 pixels and lines per inch). You can also alter the aspect
- ratio (to "stretch" the image one way or the other) by specifying both the /x
- and the /y option switches, with different density values.
-
- Of course, you can usually scale the image in your other application program.
-
- NOTE! The /x and /y commands do NOT rescale the image in any way -- they
- simply inform your word processing or graphics program of the desired
- resolution in each direction.
-
- ==========
- LEGALITIES
- ==========
-
- PFS:First Publisher is a trademark of Spinnaker Software Corporation.
-
- Word Perfect is a trademark of the Word Perfect Corporation.
-
- Manuscript and Lotus Manuscript are trademarks of the
- Lotus Development Corporation.
-
- GEM is a trademark of the Digital Research Corporation.
-
- PC Paintbrush is a trademark of ZSoft Corporation.
-