I have Inkscape .48 installed as an upgrade from .47. It was installed in elevated Administrator mode. However, I still have problems with imported SVG and PDF files. I am running Window 7 Home Premium on an Intel Core Quad processor. I cannot import SVG clipart files from Open Clipart and when I import PDF files created with Adobe Illustrator, I lose some elements in the file. The SVG files give an error when trying to load. The PDF files show fine in the preview before importing but lose graphic and font elements when imported. The graphics are gradients and I believe I have read that Inkscape can't handle gradient graphics.

I'm really new to Inkscape. I need someone to confirm that I will likely have to buy Adobe products to do what I need to do.


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Hello there,

the issues you mentioned may also appear if inkscape runs at full speed.
Inkscape is working with svg-s, which have some lacks compared with .ai format.
(On the other hand, svg works quite well, knowing it was made for web based contents at first place.)

Illustrator have various blending options, which may not render well.

Fonts produce errors mostly if they are not installed on your machine.
Make sure you have it.


You mentioned openclipart, where svg-s are uploaded.
Can you provide a link to the image you tried?

For the importing of open clipart images, I think you might be referring to Inkscape Preferences > Import/Export, which some day, will provide a streamlined way to import from there (at least that's my understanding). But it doesn't work yet. I don't know why, and can't give details. But the bottom line, is that you need to download images from OCL, and save to your computer, or flash drive, or whatever. Then you can import from File menu > Import.

Unfortunately, I can't help you with the PDF import