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Help! Convert PSGS



I've been successfully creating Print-Shop-style greeting cards on my GS 
through a several-step process

1. Load a full-page SHR graphic into Platinum Paint. Add text. Use the 
marquee tool to flip it vertically and horizonally. Triple-click on the 
marquee tool to select the whole graphic and Copy it to the Clipboard.

2. Launch GraphicWriter III version 2.0 and create a new document. Paste 
in the graphic that will be the front panel. Select "Object Specs..." 
from the object menu and click on the button that reduces to half size. 
Now position the panel in the upper left hand quadrant of the page. Save 
the document.

3. Launch Platinum Paint again. Load in the graphic that will be the 
inside panel. Triple click the marquee tool, Copy to the Clipboard, and 
quit the program.

4. Launch GraphicWriter III. Open the document you created. Paste in the 
inside panel graphic. Reduce in size to 1/2 (as above) and position in 
the lower right quadrant of the page. Create a text region to hold any 
text for the inside and type the message in the appropriate font, style, 
and size. Save. Print.

OK, so this works really well for me (which is good, because the Print 
Shop IIgs will NOT work with my LaserWriter Plus). However, I have a 
limited supply of suitable full-page graphic panels, most of which are by 
Spencer van Gulick from back issues of SoftDisk G-S. I could double that 
supply if I could find a way to convert Print Shop GS full-page panels 
into SHR documents. Is there a program or technique that will do this? 
Also, is there some way to use PSGS BORDERS outside of the Print Shop 
series of programs?

-Gareth