Tip: Open eps files with Gimp
April 22, 2008
For the past few months I’ve been doing a lot of work editing images in .eps format. Since I really like my Gimp, I spent weeks trying to find a nice way to edit these images with this program, instead of running to Photoshop. Well, I was finally able to find a solution I now share with you.
The steps you’ll need to follow are actually quite simple:
- Download Gimp and install it;
- Download Ghostscript and install it;
- Go to the /bin directory of where you installed Ghostscript
- copy all .exe files (may be 2 or 3) and paste in Gimp’s main directory (where gimp is installed);
- Start gimp and try opening eps files.
That should do it! If you’re on Linux, just make sure Ghostscript is installed, it should be easy to find in Synaptic for example.
Via: Gimptalk.
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May 4th, 2008 at 5:45 am
very thanks
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Thanks very much. Worked like a champ!
November 10th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Worked a treat, cheers
November 25th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Haha, that’s so easy!
Thanks a lot for this hint!
March 18th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
It works! Thanks a lot!
March 31st, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Had to put them in GIMP’s \bin directory to get it to work.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Very Nice. Excellent! It works like a dream!
May 12th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Thank you… great solution
November 30th, 2009 at 2:01 am
Fantastic ! thanks.
December 27th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
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January 1st, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Thx!
Just Add…
Environment variable – System variable:
Name: GS_PROG
Value: C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.63\bin\gswin32.exe
xD
February 19th, 2010 at 7:57 am
I was stuck for weeks. thanks for the great solution.