Open up the drawing in Adobe Illustrator.See the original post below for more detail!īasically if you want to convert an *.ai or *.eps file to *.svg (and therefore be able to use it in Inkscape), there are three ways (that I know of) to do this, depending on the software you have available and on the complexity of the original drawing:

As before though you sometimes get issues with gradients, depending on the way the gradients were set up and if the *.ai file was saved with *.pdf compatibility. The latest version of Inkscape actually allows you to open *.ai files directly and then save them as *.svg. I was able to edit the shapes and text from the imported PDF.GOOD NEWS!! I’ve been meaning to update this post for a while now.

You can save that to PDF and then open the PDF in Inkscape. Macs can open an eps file in preview mode. Inkscape gives an error when trying to open a file:įailed to load the requested file xxx.eps But I was quickly able to create my image and exporting it to an eps file. It took a little time to get used to zoom mode being enabled when I wasn’t expecting it and selecting elements. The basic tutorial on the tutorials page gave me everything I needed to get started. Inkscape allows creating/editing eps files (and svg files and other formats.) It works on most operating systems. (It cost over $200 before they switched to a subscription which is also more than I want to pay for my infrequent access.) For a while, Scott was editing all the documents to get around this problem. Given that I edit documents infrequently, I don’t want to pay for a subscription. Instead Adobe offers a subscription for $21/month.

Open .eps inkscape