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Re: Problems importing IDL postscript from TV output into Adobe Illustrator [message #30822]

Tue, 21 May 2002 16:34

Rick Towler
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"Mark Hadfield" <m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz> wrote

> "Eric Jensen" <ejensen1@swarthmore.edu> wrote
>
>> I'm using IDL 5.3 under Linux to create some postscript files that
>> I'd like to include in an Adobe Illustrator document. This works
>> fine with line drawings (PLOT, CONTOUR, etc.) but if I create a
>> postscript file using TV (or David Fanning's TVIMAGE), I cannot
>> import it into Illustrator.
>

> I have wondered whether Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw could import
> images, but never got round to finding out. Your experience suggests
> they don't.

For the record, Corel Draw 9 (v9.439) imports PS images created in IDL 5.5
correctly. I don't have Illustrator installed so I can't comment on that
but would be happy to send you the 12kb .ps file I created with your test_tv
program if you want to give it a try.

-Rick

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