Re: Print Shop Pics

[jpendarv@patriot.net (jim pendarvis)]

In article <ce9c44dd.0208091844.3e8f1dd7@posting.google.com>,
julian814@hotmail.com (Ralph Glatt) wrote:

>Simon Williams <DONTemail@luddite.ca> wrote in message
news:<89725.MXLRJPMR@news.telusplanet.net>...
>> On 8 Aug 2002 05:59:05 -0700 julian814@hotmail.com (Ralph Glatt) wrote:
>> 
>> > 
>> > I have about a thousand different Print Shop pictures for the DOS 3.3
>> > version of Print Shop. I was wondering if I could convert them to
>> > Prodos with they system disk from my //c? Thanks!
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Ralph Glatt
>> > 
>> 
>> I just wasted the better portion of a day trying to initialize a Print
Shop data disk. Turns out they have to be formatted DOS 3.3 before
formatting with the Print Shop utility.
>> I would imagine Print Shop would need patching to make use of the
Prodos file system.
>> Not much help I'm afraid...
>
>Well, I thought Print Shop came in both DOS and Prodos. And I know
>that New Print Shop is definitely Prodos. I do have the DOS version of
>Print Shop, so I really don't absolutey NEED to switch the pics over,
>but I thought that other people could use the pics in Prodos.
>
>
>Ralph Glatt

If you want to share the pics with others, the most flexible format would
be DOS 3.3.

That would let those using the original Print Shop work with the pics.
Several Prodos programs will work with the DOS 3.3 Print Shop disks. In
fact, some will only read Print Shop pics from DOS 3.3 disks. The New
Print Shop converter is one example. Converting to Prodos is not the same
as converting to NPS format.  

If they are converted to Prodos, there are programs that can convert
between the original and NPS formats. This is useful because programs that
display the pics may only work with one type.

jim