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Title: eps pictures on amiga or pegasos
Post by: amiga4001 on March 17, 2007, 02:06:19 PM

I want to laser some stainless steel plates.
These companies require eps pictures to drive their lasers.
Is there a convert program from jpeg to eps?
Is it possible to use pagestream to create manipulate eps pictures?

Title: Re: eps pictures on amiga or pegasos
Post by: baz136 on March 17, 2007, 02:29:27 PM

I'm not sure mate, But if you can't find a solution PM me and ill convert em for ya :)

Title: Re: eps pictures on amiga or pegasos
Post by: Kronos on March 17, 2007, 02:41:05 PM

http://aminet.net/package/gfx/conv/autotrace-mos (http://aminet.net/package/gfx/conv/autotrace-mos)

Claims to have Postscript-support, wether the generated code is EPS-compatible needs to be tried (may require some minor editing on the generated PS-files).

Title: Re: eps pictures on amiga or pegasos
Post by: amiga4001 on March 18, 2007, 09:13:05 AM

Thanks for replies will give that convert thing a try.

Title: Re: eps pictures on amiga or pegasos
Post by: Framiga on March 18, 2007, 01:54:36 PM

long time i don't use it anymore but PageStream should print to file as PS (and/or eps as well)

Same should be possible with GhostScript as well.

Title: Re: eps pictures on amiga or pegasos
Post by: Rabbi on March 19, 2007, 05:16:57 AM

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amiga4001 wrote:
I want to laser some stainless steel plates.
These companies require eps pictures to drive their lasers.
Is there a convert program from jpeg to eps?
Is it possible to use pagestream to create manipulate eps pictures?

1) Is there a convert program from jpeg to eps?
Yes, it's called XTrace (http://www.groombridge34.de/sites/rschuetz/index.html) by Ronny Schuetz.  It's shareware, so feel free to d/l it & try it out.  It converts bit-mapped images to vector images & vice versa.  It save in 3 different EPS formats: (1)EPSB (Binary), (2)EPSF (File), & (3)EPSI (Interchange).  It's amazingly flexible & chockfull of options.  BTW, for big .JPGs, you might need to increase the stack size.

Provector 3.0 came with a program called "StylusTracer", but it does not work with .JPGs as input - only IFFs, I believe.

2) Is it possible to use pagestream to create manipulate eps pictures?

Create?  I don't think so.  Manipulate?  Most probably

Title: Re: eps pictures on amiga or pegasos
Post by: amiga4001 on March 19, 2007, 06:59:40 AM

This looks like a very nice program this Xtrace!
Will have a go on this one.

Title: Re: eps pictures on amiga or pegasos
Post by: Rabbi on March 21, 2007, 03:18:19 PM

Have you tried out XTrace?  If so, how did it work out for you?

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amiga4001 wrote:
This looks like a very nice program this Xtrace!
Will have a go on this one.

Title: Re: eps pictures on amiga or pegasos
Post by: Ral-Clan on March 21, 2007, 03:45:24 PM

Autotrace (on Aminet) is free, fast and awesome.  It doesn't have a user interface though (CLI).  I recently had a look at XTrace, and although it's really nice, if you only need Adobe format EPS vector files, Autotrace does a great job.

Title: Re: eps pictures on amiga or pegasos
Post by: amiga4001 on March 21, 2007, 05:10:21 PM

I haven't had the chance to try it out 100%.
I did fiddle around with it but was unable to convert yet.
Will investigate further but it is a long term project.
Just hobby so no hurry with it.
I am designing new shields for a triumph gt6 mk1 to protect the engine for water/mud etc..
They are polyester now with a aluminium frame.
I want to create a polished stainless steel one.
With the triumph logo engraved/deepened black coloured.