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Subject:Re: photos to line art conversions From:John Allred <john2 -at- allrednet -dot- com> To:Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net> Date:Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:48:10 -0500
PhotoPaint has this capability. I'm away from home, or I would be more specific with help.
~John Allred
> On Jun 22, 2016, at 10:38 AM, Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net> wrote:
>
> We have need to convert various photos (jpg format) to line art for our operator manuals (heavy construction equipment). This will be ongoing and is not a set number of images.
> I have Corel PhotoPaint Version 8.0 on my (Windows XP) platform, but haven't found anything in it that can accomplish this.
> I know this can be done in Adobe Photoshop, but management here won't spring money for almost anything, although we did locate an individual in Thailand who charges $5 per image and does very nice work.
>
> So the questions are:
>
> - Is there an undocumented method to convert photos to line art using Corel PhotoPaint Version 8.0?
>
>
> - Is there a free software package that can do this if PhotoPaint won't do it and I can't get the bucks to the use the Thailand source?
>
> -- Ken in Atlanta
>
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