GRAPHICS CONVERSION SOFTWARE

For those of you converting graphics images to and from IRIS format here are some programs that may assist you. These files are available for ftp from ftp.sgi.com in the directory "graphics/bin". This directory contains the following IRIS 4D executables:

NOTE:These are all compressed to save space. ftp them to your machine using binary mode and them uncompress them using "uncompress"


imp.Z           - a paint program for the IRIS 

enhance.Z       - a general purpose image enhancement program.

cpprint.Z       - install in /usr/lib/print/pprint to draw color PS printers

fromalias.Z     - convert an Alias image file format to IRIS format
fromgif.Z       - convert a GIF iimage to IRIS format
frommac.Z       - convert a MAC Paint file to IRIS format
frompic.Z       - convert a BYU pic image to IRIS format
frompict.Z      - convert a PICT image to IRIS format
frompixar.Z     - convert a PIXAR image to IRIS format
fromppm.Z       - convert a PPM image to IRIS format
fromrla.Z       - convert a Wavefront image file to IRIS format
fromsun.Z       - convert a Sun raster file to IRIS format
fromtarga.Z     - convert a TARGA image file to IRIS format
fromtiff.Z      - convert a TIFF image file to IRIS format
fromutah.Z      - convert a UTAH raster toolkit image to IRIS format v2.4
fromxbm.Z       - convert an X bitmap to IRIS format
fromxwd.Z       - convert an X window dump file to IRIS format
fromyuv.Z       - convert an Abekas YUV digital video image to IRIS format

toalias.Z       - convert an IRIS image to Alias format
togif.Z         - convert an IRIS image to GIF format
tomac.Z         - convert an IRIS image to Mac Paint format
tonews.Z        - convert an IRIS image to 8-Bit Sun raster file 
topict.Z        - convert an IRIS image to Mac PICT format
toppm.Z         - convert an IRIS image to PPM format
tops.Z          - convert an IRIS image to PostScript format
tosun.Z         - convert an IRIS image to Sun rasterfile format
totarga.Z       - convert an IRIS image to TARGA format
totiff.Z        - convert an IRIS image to TIFF format v2.4
toutah.Z        - convert an IRIS image to Utah raster toolkit format
toxbm.Z         - convert an IRIS image to X Bitmap  format
toyuv.Z         - convert an IRIS image to Abekas YUV digital video format

psrender.Z      - convert PostScript to a series of IRIS image files:

 usgage: psrender -o page -d image -r 100 in.ps
                                or
                psrender -o page -d image -r 100 < in.ps

                to render pages at 100 pixels per inch! 

This software is provided without support and without any obligation on the part of Silicon Graphics, Inc. to assist in its use, correction, modification or enhancement. There is no guarantee that this software will be included in future software releases.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE.

To get a file using anonymous FTP, use user name "anonymous" and your email address as a password:

               > ftp ftp.sgi.com
               Enter user name: anonymous
               Password: me@myhost.edu
               ftp> cd graphics/bin
               ftp> binary
               ftp> get FILENAME
               ftp> quit

Remember the files are in compressed format so you must uncompress them before using them.