I have a vector file that was originally made in Illustrator. I downloaded it as a zip file. When I unzipped it the file had an .eps suffix.
GV can view it.
Converted to pdf acrobat reader can view it.
Inkscape only gets a black background.
Is there a way to manipulate this image in inkscape?
Here is where I retrieved it.
http://www.vectorportal.com/iFile/8566/ABSTRACT-BLACK-VECTOR- BACKGROUND.eps/inc_downloading.asp
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On 02/19/2011 02:29 PM, John Culleton wrote:
I have a vector file that was originally made in Illustrator. I downloaded it as a zip file. When I unzipped it the file had an .eps suffix.
GV can view it.
Converted to pdf acrobat reader can view it.
Inkscape only gets a black background.
Is there a way to manipulate this image in inkscape?
Here is where I retrieved it.
http://www.vectorportal.com/iFile/8566/ABSTRACT-BLACK-VECTOR- BACKGROUND.eps/inc_downloading.asp
... I could view in evince (linux document viewer), but like you, it only came up black in Inkscape: $ apt-cache policy inkscape inkscape: Installed: 0.48.0-1ubuntu1.1 Candidate: 0.48.0-1ubuntu1.1 Version table: *** 0.48.0-1ubuntu1.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.48.0-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
and scribus. I finally opened in OpenOffice.org (Draw) where it viewed just fine. I then exported as an svg & that version opens properly in Inkscape. No clue why... but you might give that a try.
On 19/2/11 23:29, John Culleton wrote:
I have a vector file that was originally made in Illustrator. I downloaded it as a zip file. When I unzipped it the file had an .eps suffix.
GV can view it.
Converted to pdf acrobat reader can view it.
Inkscape only gets a black background.
Is there a way to manipulate this image in inkscape?
The issue is known and reported in Bug #530895 "Opening EPS with Gradient" https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/530895
You can scale and position the gradient for the colored pattern manually to match the original (the colored pattern is actually a clipped path in the imported EPS file and its radial gradient is located in the lower left corner of the page - see attached screenshot).
Here is where I retrieved it.
http://www.vectorportal.com/iFile/8566/ABSTRACT-BLACK-VECTOR-BACKGROUND.eps/...
hth, ~suv
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