RE: .WMF files

Technically speaking WMF is a vector file and so Photoshop
is technically correct if it refuses to open it.

Paintshop Pro will open and save the WMF files, as will
Freehand as you discovered. What you are doing is a sensible
method of dealing with them. Open in Freehand and size correctly
for your use (a wmf scales easily due to it's vectorness), then
export it as a bitmap (format as required).


Peter Williams
LAN Support/Webmaster
williams(at)hendersons.com.au

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of Eve Emshoff
> Subject: .WMF files
>
> A recent email concerning .WMF files brought a problem to mind. I've
> started using a ton of clip art at work (a newspaper) and the majority of
> files are in .WMF format.
>
> Alright, so what I tried to do is open Windows Explorer in Windows 98 and
> drag it into Photoshop where logically I would think it would open. I
> quickly found out that this was not possible, as Photoshop does not
> recognize this file format!
>
> What would be the easiest way of bypassing the Kudo Reader and allowing a
> Drop and Drag interface? I've been using Macromedia Freehand and importing
> the .WMF files and then saving them as whatever format I need
> (.jpg, .tif).
>

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