Hello,

I am using Inkscape to created vectoral images (EPS format) to be used in video editing through Boris Graffiti application.

However, Boris is unable to load EPS from Inkscape properly. When I was reading the Boris help guide, it was mentioned that the EPS file should be compatible with Adobe Ilustrator. They mention:

"If your EPS file was not created in Adobe Illustrator, it might not be compatible. You should ensure that your EPS file is Illustrator-compatible before importing it. A number of shareware programs can convert an EPS file to an Illustrator-compatible file". (http://www.borisfx.com/graffiti/help/ww ... wwhelp.htm)

So, I would appreciate any help to handle this conversion. How could I make an Illustrator-compatible EPS file through Inkscape? Considering the possibility of Inkscape can't do it, does anyone now "shareware programs can convert an EPS file to an Illustrator-compatible file"?

Many thanks in advance,
Cadu

I'm fortunate enough that my company has purchased a copy of Illustrator for me so I can pass my Inkscape stuff to our advertising people and know that it survived the conversion to EPS correctly. When I'm at work on my Win7 machine I just open my SVG in Illustrator and rip it out. This is really the only time I ever use the EPS format. I obviously cannot do that on my Linux box. I suppose there are quite a number of ways to convert SVG to EPS when Inkscape fails. One method that I use is pdftops. It works in Linux and Windows and there's probably a Mac binary floating around. I'll assume that you are a Windows user so you can find that package here: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html

The basic workflow that you would use is by first saving a copy of your Inkscape work to a PDF file. Then open a command prompt and use this: pdftops.exe -eps filename.pdf. That will convert your filename.pdf to filename.eps. I've had pretty good luck with this making a compatible Illustrator EPS file. Just know that it may not work every time depending on the complexity of your inkwork.

Hi. Thanks for information.
The downloaded file was "xpdf-3.03.tar.gz". But inside the file there are a plenty of others but none with .exe extension. How could I install the software? Did I download the wrong file maybe?

Best,
Cadu

If you are using it in Windows then yes, it's the wrong one. You will need to download the zip file instead.

Hi. I could use it now.
After have converted to .EPS file, I realized the output format isn't good to use in Boris FX. In my test I created a simple 3D box and I could visualize just the form with both fill and stroke black.
Do you know other software that convert to an EPS file compatible with Adobe Ilustrator?
Thanks,
Cadu

I'm not in front of my computer at the moment but I suppose you could try ps2eps. You can find the package here http://www.tm.uka.de/~bless/ps2eps Basically save your inkwork out as PS first then convert to eps. See what happens.

Thanks again. I will take a look on this solution. Anyway it is giving some work and I am not completely confident in the conversion results. Maybe I will try Illustrator...
Best,
Cadu