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Boris B
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April 20, 2009
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Opening SVG in Illustrator

  • April 20, 2009
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Ok here's the problem.

I really need to open some Icons drawn with Inkscape (Oxygen icons for KDE 4.2, you can get them on the net) in Illustrator.

Their format is .SVG and when i open them i get the message "clipping lost on roundtrip to tiny", but thats not the main problem.

All the areas that are transparent loose their gradient, and arent transparent any more. Some other areas with blends loose the blend and so on.....

Please let me know if there is a solution. (and i already tried openeing them in Inkscape and saving as .eps or  as non-inkscape .svg but that didnt do the trick.)

Thank you in advance.

    7 replies

    melaniebasspollard
    melaniebasspollard
    Known Participant
    August 14, 2020

    I have been trouble shooting the same export problem with dropshadows and long shadows with gradients going back to June, 2020. Working in up-to-date Adobe Illustrator/XD Creative Suite and most current App in Zeplin. Posted issues in Zeplin and Adobe XD. 

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    Chengzi
    New Participant
    April 23, 2020

    The year is now 2020. I encountered the same problem. I used Figma to open it. Created a group of all assets and expert it as .svg. Successfully opened the new .svg in illustrator~

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    sarad89965464
    New Participant
    December 22, 2016

    Select the logo, go to object, Clipping Mask and Release!

    KDS4444
    KDS4444
    Inspiring
    June 6, 2014

    The year is now 2014.  I am using Illustrator CC 17.0.0.  I am still having this same (original) problem: when I open an SVG file in Illustrator, even an SVG file that Illustrator itself generated and saved just minutes earlier, I get the image with my gradients all gone, my clipping masks screwed up, and several of my symbols missing.  I do not get the roundtrip to tiny business anymore (thank God); in fact, I get no error at all: Illustrator seems to think that nothing is amiss.  But I can see the image just fine in Google Chrome that Illustrator made into an SVG one minute, and then if I close Illustrator and re-open it and open the same SVG file, it will be a hot mess...  The exact same file that Illustrator generated as an SVG minutes before.

    I also tried using the "place" function mentioned above (which I had never even noticed) and was hopeful it would "solve" my problem.  Nope, just screwed up in different ways this time (SVG filters that should be causing Gaussian blurs are instead turned into solid shapes, for example).  Is there really still no solution to this problem?  Isn't it a problem that this program can generate files that it subsequently cannot read correctly?? 

    Larry G. Schneider
    Community Expert
    Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 6, 2014

    First update to the latest version of AI which is 17.1. Next there is a new check box in the SVG save dialog called Responsive which needs be unchecked. It's been brought up here before

    found this esp #4

    Illustrator CS6 producing corrupt SVG files

    KDS4444
    KDS4444
    Inspiring
    June 9, 2014

    Larry, I just checked the Adobe web site-- I did not see any updates for Illustrator 17.0.0.  I saw updates for version 16, but none for version 17.  Could you point me to where you found that update??  Thank you!

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    lowellconsult
    New Participant
    November 14, 2013

    I am using cs6 and I donot get an issue if I keep the image the same size as created.  but as I shrink it down the drawing is not responsive as the lines become thick lines... and my question is there a way to make the svg image responsive? 

    Larry G. Schneider
    Community Expert
    Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 14, 2013

    Do you have the Scale Strokes and Effects box checked in Preferences?

    BenWMac
    BenWMac
    New Participant
    April 20, 2009

    When attempting to bring SVG into Illustrator, it's best to open a new Illustrator file and use File > Place to bring in the SVG.

    Using file > open can cause the issues you are describing.

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    Boris BAuthor
    New Participant
    April 20, 2009

    I am afraid I already tried that but to no avail......

    Thanks for the reply anyway.

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    anandcv07
    New Participant
    June 4, 2009

    Hi,

    Even am facing the same problem. Am trying to save an .ai file to svg and when i open the svg file it says 'clipping will be lost on roundtrip tp tiny'. Were u able to solve this issue? if so how?

    thanks in advance.

    anand

    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    April 20, 2009

    I don't think that there is a quick solution to this. Several of the items are stored as odd combinations of knockout groups and blends, so this will take deeper surgery to get it working properly and editable in AI. However, at least on my system all the content shows up with correct gradients and transparencies...

    Mylenium

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    Boris BAuthor
    New Participant
    April 20, 2009

    Hello Mylenium,

    First of all thank you for the quick reply. First of all might i ask

    what system you use ? I am currently updating my CS 3 in hope of getting

    a better result. If i understand it correctly you lose the knockout

    groups and blends once opening the file in illustrator and there is no

    way of getting them back but by editing them per hand ?

    paisleyshirt

    Mylenium schrieb:

    I don't think that there is a quick solution to this. Several of the items are stored as odd combinations of knockout groups and blends, so this will take deeper surgery to get it working properly and editable in AI. However, at least on my system all the content shows up with correct gradients and transparencies...

    Mylenium

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