On 2/10/11 22:04, Andrew Pennebaker wrote:

When I edit a camel image from OpenClipArt.org, and save it with Inkscape, the resulting SVG becomes corrupt.

Bad Camel http://www.openclipart.org/detail/7474/camel-silhouette-by-johnny_automatic

I'm not sure whether this image is corrupt or whether Inkscape has trouble parsing it. However, I do know that the camel from Clker.com edits perfectly well in Inkscape.

Good Camel http://www.clker.com/clipart-11776.html

Known issue with SVG files created by Adobe Illustrator (the one from openclipart.org):

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<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 13.0.2, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 14948) -->

Bug #499257 "saves svg file, that it can't read afterwards" <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/499257

See also Bug #675170 "Exported Illustrator SVG with XMP results in xpacket encoding problem in Inkscape" https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/675170

for a another detailed description of the content which triggers the encoding error after resaving in Inskcape.

~suv