[GRASS-user] Vector layers > Photoshop

I'm more or less a noob to Grass and GIS (graphic designer by trade and a
mapophile by hobby), so please forgive my ignorance. I'm working in Grass
6.2.1 (OpenOSX via X11) if that helps.

I have a shaded raster DEM as a base and several simple vector layers. I can
easily export this raster as a TIFF, but I also need the vector layers
exported to a format that Photoshop can read. I've been largely unsuccessful
in converting the vector layers to raster with v.to.rast (then the raster to
TIFF). Is there a step I'm missing that would make this easier?

It seems like I need to convert to raster first so they will fit on top of
each other without much work in Photoshop, ie. each layer > TIFF, then just
have each TIFF as a layer.
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Dear Aaron,

I've used ps.map to do this - it will produce a postscript file that most pdf/postscript aware programs can read. I have used Adobe Illustrator with more success than Photoshop for modifying such files.

Nick Cahill

On May 29, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Aaron Bonding wrote:

I'm more or less a noob to Grass and GIS (graphic designer by trade and a
mapophile by hobby), so please forgive my ignorance. I'm working in Grass
6.2.1 (OpenOSX via X11) if that helps.

I have a shaded raster DEM as a base and several simple vector layers. I can
easily export this raster as a TIFF, but I also need the vector layers
exported to a format that Photoshop can read. I've been largely unsuccessful
in converting the vector layers to raster with v.to.rast (then the raster to
TIFF). Is there a step I'm missing that would make this easier?

It seems like I need to convert to raster first so they will fit on top of
each other without much work in Photoshop, ie. each layer > TIFF, then just
have each TIFF as a layer.
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This worked! Thanks!

I think I'd tried to mess with ps.map before and couldn't figure it out. But
it's pretty simple for what I'm trying to do!

Nick Cahill wrote:

Dear Aaron,

I've used ps.map to do this - it will produce a postscript file that
most pdf/postscript aware programs can read. I have used Adobe
Illustrator with more success than Photoshop for modifying such files.

Nick Cahill

On May 29, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Aaron Bonding wrote:

I'm more or less a noob to Grass and GIS (graphic designer by trade
and a
mapophile by hobby), so please forgive my ignorance. I'm working in
Grass
6.2.1 (OpenOSX via X11) if that helps.

I have a shaded raster DEM as a base and several simple vector
layers. I can
easily export this raster as a TIFF, but I also need the vector layers
exported to a format that Photoshop can read. I've been largely
unsuccessful
in converting the vector layers to raster with v.to.rast (then the
raster to
TIFF). Is there a step I'm missing that would make this easier?

It seems like I need to convert to raster first so they will fit on
top of
each other without much work in Photoshop, ie. each layer > TIFF,
then just
have each TIFF as a layer.
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Aaron Bonding wrote:

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It seems like I need to convert to raster first so they will fit on top of
each other without much work in Photoshop, ie. each layer > TIFF, then just
have each TIFF as a layer.

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You can probably modify the process to generate separate raster layers if needed. Please post your results here for others.

John