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I bought an .eps file on etsy.  I am able to download it and open it in SignBlazer but when I cut its blank... is there something free to take the place of SignBlazer I should switch too?

 

Thanks, Brandi 

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do you mind posting the file? not all .eps files are vector.

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I assume that dakota opened this file in Adobe Illustrator and saved it as a legacy version (v.8 and prior)? (and provided you with that Back_saved file)

SignBlazer chokes on current versions of .eps files -- the program has not been updated in many years, so it doesn't have the code to import stuff created more recently.

 

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8 minutes ago, slice&dice said:

I assume that dakota opened this file in Adobe Illustrator and saved it as a legacy version (v.8 and prior)? (and provided you with that Back_saved file)

SignBlazer chokes on current versions of .eps files -- the program has not been updated in many years, so it doesn't have the code to import stuff created more recently.

 

no tried doing it in flexi- give it a shot slice

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I was able to open the file with Inkscape, which is free. For a long time I would use Inkscape to create the design then copy and paste into SB to do the cutting. Not ideal but it worked. I eventually figured out how to cut straight from Inkscape, although it does not have any of the features that a true cutting program has it will get the job done.

If I ever get serious about this hobby I might buy a true cutting program, till thing Inkscape and SB have served me well.

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To directly answer Brandi's specific question --- IrfanView is free and can be used as a 'canopener' for these types of files and then transferred into SBE.

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