10/3/02
2:15 PM

 

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Unix Tools for Graphics Professionals
 
   
  • Checking files
    • As part of packaging files, you may want to automatically examine them for errors
    • All sorts of errors can occur -- things like wrong file formats, missing fonts, wrong color space
    • When you're saving files out and want to script deployments, save them in an open file format
      • Photoshop .psd is not an open file format, nor is Adobe Illustrator or Quark
      • EPS, JPEG, PNG, SVG, SWF are
    • You may be able to find tools to read non-proprietary files on the net (one of which I'll introduce below)
    • But in order to read these into programs to examine your files, open file formats allow you to examine your files more easily.
 
   
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