Re: Creating CD covers [was: http://members.iinet.net.au/~silva/debian_cd_covers/]

["J.A. Bezemer" <costar@panic.et.tudelft.nl>]

On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Richard Atterer wrote:

> BTW, I haven't found *any* program to create CD covers that has the
> following features:
> 
> - vector-oriented, so the text need not be converted to a bitmap and
>   looks sharp with offset printing
> - ability to import EPS & graphics, ability to export EPS/PS/PDF.
>   (Export of PDF with embedded JPEGs would be even cooler, otherwise
>   any graphics make the file so large.)
> 
> Candidates are xfig, sketch, dia and sodipodi. None of these can
> import openlogo.eps.

xfig's Picture Object works perfectly with .eps files. It only has a problem
when there's no "showpage" in the .eps; add it yourself if necessary. openlogo
is fine. Simple example below, put it in the same dir as openlogo.

Regards,
  Anne Bezemer


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