Unfortunately, PS is a publishing format, not so much suitable for editing. Ideally, a future version of gvSIG should produce standard SVG. Inkscape is now up to par with Illustrator. Would love to be able and use it for map production.
Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vladimir Peric" <[email protected]> To: "Users and Developers mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:38:26 PM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna Subject: Re: [Gvsig_english] gvSIG international program: question about Tcharting tool presentation Hello Silvio, AI format is mainly intended to be used with Adobe Illustrator, so that the charts can be prepared for printing: color enhancement, text labels positioning, line widths corrections etc. There is a possibility to open it with other open source solutions, such as Inkscape or Scribus. However, when using these solutions I recommend exporting to .ps format, which is supported by GvSig, as this format is more likely to be correctly opened and edited. Cheers, Vladimir On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 01:15 -0800, silvio grosso wrote: > Hello Vladimir, > > Vladimir wrote: > >AI is Adobe Illustrator's native vectorial file format, comparable to > PS or EPS file formats. AI >export extension is used to export maps > created with GvSig, similar to existing PDF and PS >export, so that > they can be further enhanced with other tools. > > Just one question about the Ai (Adobe illustratore native vectorial > file format). > I have found a link regarding its format > (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/part3/section-11.html). > > I would like to know what do you mean by enhancing gvSIG's Map saved > in the Ai format with "other tools". > With "tools", do you mean open-source tools (that is, softwares)? > > For example, I use Scribus (http://www.scribus.net/) and Inkscape. > Regarding Scribus I have found a feature request to support Ai in the > future (http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=4121). At present, I think > it is not possible to use it. > > To sum up, did you try some open-source softwares after saving the > Map in the Ai format (Gimp, Scribus, Inkscape)? > > Best regards and thanks a lot for all your work :-) > It is really really promising. > > Silvio > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gvsig_internacional mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional -- Vladimir Perić Software Engineer BEOGIS d.o.o. Beograd Milutina Milankovića 130/109, Novi Beograd mob: +381642040889 tel: +381112122810 email: [email protected] skype: vlada.peric site: www.beogis.com _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional
