NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/graphics/12090

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From: [e-mail] (Mark Jeantheau)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,alt.graphics,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Macintosh draw question
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 19 Nov 92 17:32:41 GMT
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Mark Jeantheau)
Followup-To: comp.graphics
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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I'm looking for a Macintosh drawing program that will let me draw stylized
graphics like those seen in USA Today graphs.  I want to do it as objects (as
opposed to bitmaps) to get 300-dpi resolution.  Most programs have a "freehand"
tool that will allow a Bezier shape to be constructed and filled.  However,
it's very difficult to get smooth curves when drawing freehand.  As an
alternative approach, I tried drawing and reshaping arcs and straight lines to
create the outline, which worked quite well; but when I try to fill, it fills
the individual arcs, which look like pie slices, and the whole thing is a mess.
(This is true even if I group the objects together before filling.)

I've tried various approaches in MacDraw Pro and Superpaint 3.0; I've also
taken a quick look at Illustrator 3.0.  None of these seems to provide a simple
solution for creating Postscript shapes (lines, arcs, freehands) linked
together to compose one filled shape. Any ideas?

PLEASE E-MAIL.  Thanks.
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[e-mail] // Mark Jeantheau // [phone] // U.S. Navy
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Div. // Code 1401 // Bethesda MD 20084
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