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inkscape ... free ... bit of a curve? On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 09:18, Neil <spam_OUTpicdude3TakeThisOuTnarwani.org> wrote: {Quote hidden}> Irfanview does not seem to be big on vector formats. I recently tried > and got a lot of decode errors with .eps and .ai files. Others can open > these files fine with photoshop and illustrator. > > Cheers, > -Neil > > > > On 4/24/2012 8:16 PM, Marcel Duchamp wrote: > > Have you tried Irfanview? > > > > On 4/24/2012 5:01 PM, Neil wrote: > >> On the subject of viewers, can anyone here recommend a freeware EPS > >> viewer? I tried "EPSViewer", but it crashes frequently to the point of > >> being unusable. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> -Neil. > >> > >> > >

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 5:52 AM, Rupert Swarbrick <.....rswarbrickKILLspam@spam@gmail.com> wrote: > I take it you're on Windows. Ghostview will probably work[1]. It looks > horribly dated, but will probably work. Most free software zealots like > myself are on Linux or related platforms, where programs like Evince, > Okular and the like deal with PDF, [E]PS, and many other vector formats. > > Evince appears to be available for Windows too [2]. On Linux/Gnome > platforms, it's fantastic, but I don't have any personal experience of > its behaviour on Windows. > > Rupert IIRC GIMP does a decent job of rasterizing EPS. Adobe Photoshop does a great job, but then again... if you had access to it you'd know that. -- Martin K