import routines

Import DES

This menu lets you import DES files. DES is a vector-file format used by some engineering firms.

Import GIF

This menu lets you import GIF files. GIF is a popular general-purpose color image file format. GIF is a service mark of CompuServe Incorporated.

Import MacPaint

This menu lets you import MacPaint files. MacPaint is a trademark of Apple Computer.

Import MCID

This menu lets you import MCID files. MCID is a format used by the IMAGE program, publicly available on the Internet.

Import PCX

This menu lets you import PCX images, which are produced by a program called PC Paintbrush.

Import PNM

This menu lets you import PNM files, otherwise known as portable bitmap files. The portable bitmap is a set of routines (pubicly available on the Internet) that convert all sorts of image formats into each other.

Import Sun Rasterfile

This menu lets you import Sun Rasterfiles. These files are generated by the screendump command on Sun workstations.

Import Targa

This menu lets you import Targa files. Targa is an industry-standard format defined by Truevision, Inc.

Import TIFF

This menu lets you import TIFF files. TIFF is an industry-standard raster image file format. TIFF is a trademark of Aldus Corporation.

Import Utah RLE

This menu lets you import Utah RLE images, which are produced by software that uses the Utah Raster Toolkit. In particular, the Rayshade ray-tracing program creates images in this format.

Import VICAR

This menu lets you import VICAR images. VICAR is an image processing system used by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.