Graphics programs for Linux

Graphics programs for Linux

Posted Jul 17, 2003 0:53 UTC (Thu) by rknop (guest, #66)
Parent article: Graphics programs for Linux

What I really want is a program that will *import* EPS files reliably. I'm not talking about using them as "black box" graphics the way you can now in OpenOffice.org or XFig; that's fine, that's useful, but it's not enough. I want to be able to take the EPS file and edit it further, the way folks who don't use Linux may with Adobe Ilustrator.

There is ps2edit, which will convert postscript files into a format usable bo XFig. However, I haven't figured out how to get it into OpenOffice.org draw, which is what I'd really like. ps2edit writes DXF files, and OOo reads DXF files, but they don't seem to read and write exactly the same kind of DXF file... leaving me with something effetively unusable.

Does anybody know of any other solutions to this particular problem? When I've needed it done, I've used XFig and ps2edit, and managed to cope. If I could export XFig into something OOo would read, I'd be in better shape, or if I could import EPS directly into OOo I'd also be in good shape.

-Rob

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