import ai/pdf file to inkscape only gives a blank page
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?
Here's a link to the file: http://cafeabel.no/cafeabel.ai
Any help would be greatly appreciated
-Kabeer
yes, I am also getting a blank page when I try to load this .ai file into Windows XP, using Inkscape 0.48 - it may be related to the version of .pdf. I see that your file says PDF 1.5 - when Inkscape exports pdf it uses PDF 1.4, and I know that I can successfully load an .ai file into Inkscape that is pdf version 1.4 - do you have any options for saving this file as an older version of .ai?
Den 16.09.2010 23:43, skrev Alvin Penner:
yes, I am also getting a blank page when I try to load this .ai file into Windows XP, using Inkscape 0.48
- it may be related to the version of .pdf. I see that your file says PDF
1.5
- when Inkscape exports pdf it uses PDF 1.4, and I know that I can
successfully load an .ai file into Inkscape that is pdf version 1.4
- do you have any options for saving this file as an older version of .ai?
The file was provided by a thirdpary, I haven't bothered trying opening it before now. So much time have passed that I have no idea who provided the file. I'm using ubuntu 10.04 with the latest version of inkscape
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.
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.
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:50 PM, John Culleton <john@...1668...> wrote:
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.
That was a very old version - AI format is PDF-based since version 9.
Doesn't Illustrator have a method of exporting to .svg format? I imagine .ai format is a proprietary format made for illustrator the same way .psd is for Photoshop, and you'd have to export it.
kyle m. reynolds (mac os x, c++) canvas foundation, designer (yukikito) class of 2014, school of electrical engineering and computer science (university of central florida) On Sep 17, 2010 2:08 PM, bulia byak <buliabyak@...155...> 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.
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