On Friday 17 September 2010 14:06:54 bulia byak wrote:
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Kabeer Nasir
<kabeer.nasir@...155...> wrote:
> Hey!
> I have an .ai file with a logo in it that looks something like
> this (scanned from a t-shirt):
>
http://cafeabel.no/banner.jpg
> Problem is that when I try to import it in inkscape, it gives me
> a blank file. I've viewed it in gedit so I know there's something
> in there, but have no clue how to get it out. I've tried opening
> it with GIMP and adobe PDF reader, but no go, I get the same
> blank page. Am I doing something wrong or is the file completely
> useless?
The file is useless except perhaps to Illustrator. The only data it
contains is AI private data, and it shows empty in any PDF viewers
too, including Adobe Reader.
There are various versions of Illustrator. A few years back I took an
.ai file, changed the suffix to .eps and was able to use it just fine.
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