On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 10:31, Russ Fineman wrote: > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 17:38, Robert Kaiser wrote: > > >>That said, converting to SVG or EPS (vector) is preferable. WMF is not a > > >>really ideal format for a print oriented application. Imagemagik or > > >> Xnview can convert it to many different formats > > > > > > There are (apparently) a lot of commercial "clip art collection" cds > > > around that use WMF format files, though. It's a lot nicer to be able > > > to tell someone that he can just drop the graphic into his application > > > rather than having to do X,Y and Z before he can use the graphic that > > > he paid for.
Well, it is probably possible to write a wmf import plugin for Scribus using libwmf. The ps/eps importer plugin demonstrates how to create the required vectors and how to use the plugin interface. Regarding clipart collections, they often seem to come with "mac" versions - usually EPS files - of the wmf artwork. Those should do nicely for use in Scribus. > I just opened a wmf file with openoffice draw. When I went to save as I did > not see an familar file types. I'm just learn scribus and linux, so I can get > rid of MS. Which type do I need to save it as to use in Scribus? I saw > nothing that refered to EPS. (not sure what EPS is) EPS - encapsulated PostScript - is a file format that's essentially a program to generate output on a printer or other device. It's usually used as a format for vector graphics, or mixed vector, bitmap, and text graphics. A very handy format it is, too, though SVG is looking like it will take over a lot of the current uses of EPS. -- Craig Ringer
