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Anonymous
December 19, 2017

Is it real that all the vectors in Inkscape EPS files becomes rasterized when opened in Illustrator? even if we dont use gradient or opacity? what about simple vector with curves and flat color?

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Monika Gause
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December 19, 2017

Flat designs should work.

Please try out your designs for yourself. It's a highly individual issue.

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Anonymous
December 7, 2017

Well I'm satisfied with your answer though, just to make sure, is the layer that you arranged in Inkscape becomes one layer when opened in Illustrator? is the group same when opened in Illustrator? can i know what version of Inkscape you are using?

Thanks.

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Monika Gause
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December 7, 2017

The version is 0.92

It not only becomes one layer, but the complete drawing gets rasterized into one image. So it's not vector anymore.

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Anonymous
December 7, 2017

Hey i have tried the trial and i'm out of trial, i'm curious if i export EPS file from Inkscape, will the gradient and opacity works when opened in Illustrator?

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Monika Gause
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December 7, 2017

THis is a simple graphic: Just a rectangle with a gradient and two semi-transparent circles

When exported as an EPS you get this:

Which is basically a raster image

You see, EPS is a dinosaur. It's not fit for this kind of job.

Simple graphics like this can be saved as SVG and then opened in Illustrator. That works just fine.

Only more complex artwork might cause issues when saved as SVG from Inkscape and then opened in Illustrator.

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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November 27, 2017

It would depend on the complexity of your files. At least for SVG. I would expect EPS to be more reliable (but it will have some other issues, such as transparency).

For Inkscape SVG is the native file format and it supports some kinds of hierachical constructs that Illustrator has some difficulty to understand.

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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November 26, 2017

You can use a Try-out version of Illustrator to find out.

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