Why do my AI files look different?

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pambesteder
Posts: 1
Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:11 am

Why do my AI files look different?

Postby pambesteder » Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:23 am

Hi

I just downloaded the FREE version to test it out.

I opened an AI file and the colors are not anywhere near the original.

Here is the file opened in Inkscape
inkscape.png
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Here is the file in Adobe Illustrator
ai.png
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Can you tell me what I have to do to make it when it is opened in Inkscape that the colors are the same?

Thanks
Pam

Lazur
Posts: 4717
Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2016 10:38 am

Re: Why do my AI files look different?

Postby Lazur » Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:26 am

Hi.

Inkscape doesn't support a couple of things by default, such as:
working in a different colour profile than rgba,
using gradient meshes,
a wide variety of object blending -like hard light or color dodge.

If that is the latter, it can easily be a show stopper.

(If it is a combination with the cmyk profile too, there can be other surprises as well.)


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