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[remi]

Hi Stan,

Do you have any tricks or tips to avoid having to use AI as the world's most expensive file converter?!

please do a search for "vectormagic" with the forum search. You'll find two other threads with tips about the EPS problem.

@Manoj: Great work. Welcome to talkgraphics!

Regards,
Remi

[standay]

please do a search for "vectormagic" with the forum search. You'll find two other threads with tips about the EPS problem.

OK, I did that and it looks like you still have to use *something* in between the vectormagic file output and xara. I tried to download the "portable" version of inkscape but it would not install so I downloaded the regular version. It didn't like the vectormagic EPS either, but it did open the SVG and dumped to PDF which xara liked.

I found AI to be about as good for this as inkscape, but if you needed a no-cost solution, inkscape is the one.

[amoore]

I use Ghostscript/Ghostview for the middle step. Open EPS, export pdf. Open pdf in Xara.

Ghostscript & Ghostview (the GUI for Ghostscript) are also free.