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Re: what's the nice package to open eps file



On 2012-01-02 13:40:41 +0100, godo wrote:
> >GIMP 'should' open that too - it may be that it's so small that you
> >didn't notice :-)
> >
> GIMP can and also Inkscape and Gwenview.

But GIMP converts the file to bitmap first. So, you will get either
a low-quality image or a huge file (e.g. several MB, against a few KB
for the original .eps file). And you will no longer be able to edit
the file in vector form, if the goal is to edit the file.

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