[Clipart] An Open Clip Art newbie asks for help.

[Greg Bulmash]

Inkscape convert to EPS.  I think I've got a php script around somewhere 
that recurses a directory of SVGs and does EPS conversions with Inkscape 
via the command line.  Gotta head out to daycare to pick up my kids, but 
I'll try to track it down tonight.

Just be prepared for the conversions to not always be perfect.  I've 
found that some of the EPS conversions can shift things around quite oddly.

You can also do batch conversion with Adobe Illustrator, but you'll find 
that some Inkscape features don't translate, especially some highlights 
and shadows.

I don't think there's a "perfect" batch converter out there, but 
Inkscape + a script does seem to be as good as it gets.

- Greg


David Reid wrote:
> I downloaded and unzipped your collection of clip art. Wonderful!
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> One tiny problem. I can't use it in anything Microsoft as far as I can 
> figure out. I know that I can manually convert each image to EMF format 
> but converting each image this way is, frankly, a lifetime career given 
> the number of images. I want to use something scalable so I’m hoping to 
> convert to EMF or EPS rather than something like JPEG or PNG.
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> I paid for ABC Amber SVG Converter program which advertised that it 
> could batch convert SVG files into EMF or a variety of other image types 
> but, frankly, it sucks. It does not recognize any transparency so the 
> translated images look like crap. Money down the drain. I wrote to the 
> company and the nice Russian developers pretty much told me to f**k off 
> but did take the time to complain that I had sent my screen shots to 
> them in a format that they didn’t like and not to do that again. (BMP) 
> Love that customer service attitude.
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> So, is there any way that you know of to batch convert the images to 
> another scalable format so that my staff can use them in Microsoft Word, 
> PowerPoint, etc.? Or... if there are any filters that would allow MS 
> products to open the SVG files? I've searched Google to no avail. Any 
> help you can offer would be gratefully received.
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> I did find some help that gave instructions on how to use Inkscape to 
> batch convert the files to png but I’m hoping for a way to convert them 
> to EMF or EPS. 
> (http://www.openclipart.org/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_batch-convert_SVG_files_into_PNG_files.3F) 
> If someone smarter than me knows how to do this using Inkscape then I’m 
> all ears. I’ve never used Inkscape before and I don’t know the proper 
> switches to use in the command line. Instructions for either Linux or 
> Windows would do. We’ve got both available.
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> Thanks so much.
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> David W Reid
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> e. david at reid-iba.com <mailto:david at reid-iba.com>
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