Saturday 23 April 2011

Convert .eps vector graphic to .pdf for editing in Inkscape

I bought an .eps vector graphic file from iStock and wanted to edit the elements for a company logo. I was going to do this on a Windows 7 system using Inkscape.

1) Install Ghostscript.
2) Install GSView.
3) Run GSView and open the .eps file.
4) Under File -> Convert..., select 'pdfwrite' Device and save with a .pdf extension.
5) Run Inkscape and open the .pdf file.
6) Save as a .svg file, ungroup and edit away!

Sources:
Ghostscript & GSView - http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
Inkscape - http://inkscape.org/

Categories: How-To, Microsoft, Windows, OS, Inkscape
Tags: edit, convert, .eps, EPS, vector, graphic, inkscape


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