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Need help opening a picture in Inkscape

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 6:30 pm
by hairco
I have a picture that is in microsoft photo editor it is a GIF IMAGE and i want to put it in inkscape Can someone please tell me how? Thanks so much for all the help.

Re: Need help opening a picture in Inkscape

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:50 am
by lindamac
You could always snip it and save as a jpg. I can't remember if Inkscape recognizes GIF

Re: Need help opening a picture in Inkscape

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:13 am
by dragonlord666
just import it as normal - .gif is a supported graphic format for inkscape

Gaz

Re: Need help opening a picture in Inkscape

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:16 am
by papasue
Inkscape will import a gif, but not trace as nicely as a jpg or a png. The snip to get a jpg or a png is a better route. eCAL/SCAL3 also imports gifs.

Give it a try.

Re: Need help opening a picture in Inkscape

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:33 pm
by dragonlord666
LOL that could be because I never use the trace in inkscape - I either use the bucket fill or manually trace it with the bezier tool :)

Gaz

Re: Need help opening a picture in Inkscape

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:41 pm
by papasue
I took me a long while to learn and appreciate the bucket tool in Inscape and sometimes it is better. I hope you were successful with trace!

Re: Need help opening a picture in Inkscape

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 10:41 pm
by paricpo
Firstly try to save your file in a GIF formate and then try to open. Hopefully that will work.