March 29, 2010 at 7:27 pm

Etching Graphic Conversion Trouble

Recently some of my customers have been having problems converting raster graphics into vector graphics with the Inkscape Program that I show you in the glass etching information manual.  This is still working for me very nicely so I would like to try and figure this out so that it works with others as well.  Right now I would like to make sure that these tips are being followed. 

First, after the conversion is done with the steps I showed, you will need to make sure that the raster is removed and deleted.  Sometimes its hard to tell which one is the raster, so move them to the side of each other and zoom up on them.  By zooming up on the graphics, you will be able to see which one has jagged edges.  Delete this one and save the vector as a .eps by following the picture below:

Converting a graphic for etching.

So when you are ready to save the newly converted graphic, click save as and then click the bottom drop-down menu as shown in the picture above.  You would have to click on ”Encapsulated Postscript“.  Now check in the top file name box and make sure that the file name extension has been changed to .eps.  Sometimes it doesn’t automatically change over to this file extension so all you would have to do is simply delete the old file name extension and type in .eps .

So if it says drawing.jpg, change it to drawing.eps.  Other than this, the software should be working correctly.  If you did all this and still doesn’t work, the only thing that I can think of is that your computer doesn’t meet the minimum requirements for either Inkscape or the Sign Software.  Try these tips out and then let me know if it works or not.

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