[Scribus] Cannot import Adobe Illutrator eps

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John Brown wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I can open the file in GSView, but with DSC warnings, which I can suppress
> with
> Options -> Ignore DSC.  Also, if run 'gswin32c filename.eps', it opens
> without
> warnings. However, when I try to import it into Scribus, it hangs at:
> 
> Overall Progress: 33%
> Analyzing PostScript: 0%
> 
> CPU utilization goes up to 100%.
> 
> Is it waiting for me to respond to the DSC warning? If that is so, how can
> I
> turn DSC warnings off?
> 

DSC warnings shouldnt matter.



> I also tried the following within GsView:
> PDF (via pdfwrite):
>   Scribus says the PDF is "not in an acceptable format" but it
>   opens in Acrobat 8 Reader.
> 
> EPS (via epswrite):
>    Scribus has the same problem with the new EPS
> 
> Pstoedit at the command line tells me:
> 'Warning: colorimage with more than one datasrc not supported for this
> backend
> due to lack of support for images on raster files', and I end up with
> black-and-white line drawings when I tried converting to PS and SVG.
> 

IIRC I didnt implement those in our psimporter either.



> What *almost* worked was when I used Ghostscript to convert the PDF back
> to
> PostScript. The drawing (a shiny blank CD with a smooth, pastel mostly
> blue and
> green shimmer) could be seen, but it was clipped by a rectangle that was a
> little smaller than the CD, and the border around the CD was missing.
> 

What was your DSC warning exactly? Something about BoundingBox?
If yes, you can correct the BoundingBox manually in the EPS file and try
again
to convert it to PostScript.



> 
> 
> 
> Besides finding someone with a copy of Adobe Illustrator who may be able
> to save
> it as "Generic" PostScript, what else can I try to import the EPS in a
> vector
> format?
> 
> System: Windows XP SP2, Scribus 1.3.3.8, Ghostscript 8.57, GsView 4.8.
> 
> 


You could try to import it in Scribus 1.3.4 (no promises, though) and
re-import it
into 1.3.3.9 using the scrapbook (that's a little tricky).

Please file a bug on bugs.scribus.net and attach your AI file. I'll try to
improve our PS importer when I find time.

/Andreas
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