Tip: Open eps files with Gimp

Date 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:

  1. Download Gimp and install it;
  2. Download Ghostscript and install it;
  3. Go to theĀ  /bin directory of where you installed Ghostscript
  4. copy all .exe files (may be 2 or 3) and paste in Gimp’s main directory (where gimp is installed);
  5. 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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12 Responses to “Tip: Open eps files with Gimp”

  1. tanerNo Gravatar said:

    very thanks :D

  2. SteveNo Gravatar said:

    Thanks very much. Worked like a champ!

  3. PhilNo Gravatar said:

    Worked a treat, cheers

  4. Jean-MarcNo Gravatar said:

    Haha, that’s so easy!

    Thanks a lot for this hint!

  5. MarinaNo Gravatar said:

    It works! Thanks a lot!

  6. IceAceNo Gravatar said:

    Had to put them in GIMP’s \bin directory to get it to work.

  7. AlenNo Gravatar said:

    Very Nice. Excellent! It works like a dream!

  8. luigiNo Gravatar said:

    Thank you… great solution

  9. christianNo Gravatar said:

    Fantastic ! thanks.

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  11. Ademar FilhoNo Gravatar said:

    Thx!

    Just Add…
    Environment variable – System variable:

    Name: GS_PROG
    Value: C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.63\bin\gswin32.exe

    xD

  12. LeratoNo Gravatar said:

    I was stuck for weeks. thanks for the great solution.

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