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How do I convert an SVG to a PDF on Linux

How do I convert and SVG (containing a a few words of latin text and some simple vector graphics) to a PDF on Linux? I tried Inkscape 0.47 on Ubuntu Lucid, but it moves some sub-graphics randomly, ...
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Problems with remote URIs for SVGs with rsvg-convert

Is it possible to make rsvg-convert support remote URIs? With the following SVG it doesn't work if the image is a remote HTTP object. GIO allegedly has an HTTP backend. <svg ...
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Fast SVG viewer

I am generating some quite large SVG files (a couple of MBs) with a lot of elements. I would like a really fast viewer to view them. I have tried Inkscape and Inkview, but Inkview takes 5-10 seconds ...
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Opening *.svg with IE9 raises 'Open, Save As' dialog

I am attempting to open an SVG file with Internet Explorer 9 (32-bit). When doing so, I am prompted with the standard Open, Save, Save As dialog. This happens when dropping an SVG file onto IE or ...
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SVG to After Effects workflow?

I have a JavaScript chart component that outputs SVG. (It's kind of like an animated bar chart with a time slider.) One of my clients would like to customize this animation further in After Effects - ...
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Convert animated SVG to animated GIF?

Is it possible to convert an animated SVG-image to an animated GIF? I have seen this question Convert animated SVG to movie but "Squiggle" only work on windows. How can I do this on a mac? ...
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How can I save a website as a vector graphic?

I'm looking for a solution to save a single web page or a section of it as a vector graphic in my latex document. Do you know a tool, trick or service which helps to do this?
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Circular, brushed metal effect in InkScape?

Does anyone know how to make a circular, brushed metal surface with InkScape? I don't need the "cloud" shape, just the metal background.
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How to get SVG thumbnails in Windows Explorer?

I can open them in browser just OK, but how can I have thumbnails in the Windows Explorer? Edit: I installed Renesis Player as suggested by this answer, but it does not work for me, probably because ...
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How do I handle hebrew and english text in inkscape

I have created a svg file with inkscape that contains english and hebrew text. Both the english and the hebrew text flow to the right (correct) direction when the svg is opened in the inkscape editor. ...
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Trimming excess whitespace from SVG using the command line (Linux)

I would like to trim whitespace from an SVG from the terminal (i.e. so I can script the operation). So far, I have tried to use Imagemagick, but the result is not satisfactory. For example, trimming ...
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SVG Not Displaying Completely in Chrome/Firefox

Why is this SVG image not displaying properly in Chrome or Firefox? It displays as expected in IE 9. I tested this in Firefox 5 and 6 and Chrome 13, 14, and 15--all on Windows. I'll test Linux and ...
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How to change color in a line drawing

I have a SVG drawing with black foreground and white background. What is the easiest way to change foreground to white and the background to transparent (in InkScape or similar free program)?
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Generating SVG from LaTeX (tikz)?

How can I generate an SVG image from a LaTeX file - more precisely, a tikz diagram? I'm working in Windows.
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In Inkscape, is it possible to centre-align arcs that have different start and end angles?

In Inkscape, I wish to draw several arcs that are perfectly centred upon each other. The individual arcs need to have different start and end angles. The problem is that when an arc spans less than ...
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free linux command line tool to convert SVG to PDF and/or some commonly-used bitmap format?

Is there a free linux command line tool to convert SVG to PDF and/or some commonly-used bitmap format (for example PNG)?
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HTML to SVG conversion?

I would like to convert some somewhat straightforward web pages (no javascript, minimal CSS) into SVG for archiving. I am wondering if there is a suggested tool or workflow for this conversion? My ...
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How to extract an embedded image from a SVG file?

I have a SVG file that contains at least one embedded JPG/PNG image inside. I want to extract the JPG/PNG images from that SVG file and save them on disk. I'm adding the inkscape tag as it is the ...
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Insert SVG directly into Microsoft Publisher without converting file format

How can I insert an SVG image into a Microsoft Publisher 2010 document as a vector image without having to first convert it to a bitmap format like PNG? Copying and pasting an SVG file into a ...
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Squiggle to export SVG animation frames?

This answer describes a method of converting exported frames of an SVG animation to movie formats: Convert animated SVG to movie However, it does not explain how to get the frames in the first ...
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Resampling embedded raster images in SVG

I have a batch of SVG files with embedded, high-res PNG images. The PNG files have been resized considerably smaller (via transform, matrix, etc). What is the best way to resample these embedded ...
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How to run SVG export script on Blender?

I've downloaded the Blender SVG Export script I'm trying to run it using python svgexport.svg but it's a no go I'm guessing I need to somehow run it from within blender, any suggestions?
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Batch convert SVG images to desired size PNG or ICO

I have bunch of SVG icons that I'd like to use for my application to be developed in VB.Net 2010, and since it has no support to handle SVG icons, I need to convert those icons into either PNG or ICO, ...
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Is it possible to embed or link one inkscape SVG document inside another one?

I'd like to take one small SVG file (created with Inkscape), and embed or link it into another (bigger) one. When displayed by a browser I hope to see the smaller one show up inside some placeholder ...
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Can I convert .vsd to .svg using Visio command line?

There seems no Linux tools to convert Visio document to SVG format, so I guess the only way is save as SVG using Visio itself. But is it possible to do it in command line?
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Viewing SVG images on a Windows 7 64-bit machine

I want to view SVG images on a Windows 7 64-bit machine. I tried Adobe's plug-in, but it doesn't work. Is there a freeware application which I can use to view SVG images on Windows 7 64-bit?
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Conversion of SVG to bitmap images via Javascript

I want to convert SVG into bitmap images like Jpeg, PNG etc... through Javascript....any help will be awesome...
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Converting between EPS and SVG format

What is the best way to convert from an EPS formatted vector graphic to an SVG formatted graphic using only freely available tools?
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A command-line tool to convert SWF to SVG?

I need to convert a whole bunch of static SWFs to SVGs and I was hoping that there was some sort of command line tool I could use so I could script it with PowerShell. Does anyone know of such an ...
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A good SVG viewer for windows?

I have downloaded some SVG graphics archive but it is a real pain to look each with tools like Adobe Ilustrator. Is there a simple and small software to browse between hundreds of SVG files? Or even ...
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Are there programs to draw Animated SVG?

Looks like there is a standard open format for vector animation: SVG. How to create and edit such files? I expect something like Blender with keyframes and curve editor. Inkscape does not seem to ...
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Converting Photoshop .CSH files to .SVG or .EPS. Possible?

excuse my total ignorance, but does anyone know if it might be possible to convert Photoshop's .CSH files (Custom Shape Format) to standard .SVG or .EPS files? They're both Vector shapes, so it seems ...
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How to convert SVG to Windows ico or Mac icns icons?

I'd like to convert svg icons to windows icons and mac icons. A free option would be the best.
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Print a huge SVG

I use Google Chrome to view a 1178x5408 .svg file. It includes a lot of small "subgraphics" (screenshots of dialogs, connected by arrows .. think "wizard"), the whole thing is created by graphviz. ...
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Is there a command-line application for converting a one-frame Flash movie to SVG?

Is there a command-line application for conversion of a one-frame Flash movie to SVG? This project doesn't contain any files.
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Inkscape: how to connect several lines and arcs into one continuous path?

I have a SVG document that is made of several lines and arcs that should form a continuous outline of some figure. How can I join all of those pieces into one path?
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Import PDF in Inkscape without per character spacing

I have a PDF form I imported into Inkscape. It did a pretty great job of created an SVG from it, however it appears to have given per character x coordinates to each tspan in every text block. I'm ...
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Command-line application for converting SVG to PNG on Mac OS X

Are there any command-line programs that can convert an SVG to PNG, that run on Mac OS X? Edit: Dylan B had a good answer with ImageMagick. For reference, to install ImageMagick with SVG support on ...
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Illustrator CS4: SVG Export error “Transforms are Expanded”?

I get the following error when trying to save my image to SVG (via "Save Copy As"): Transforms are expanded. When I try to load the SVG in another program, all I get is a blank canvas. I ultimately ...
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Adobe Illustrator can't open SVG file

I have a generated SVG file which for some reason won't open in Adobe Illustrator when I serve the file content from my ASP.net application, but if I were to write this generated file directly to the ...
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SVG to JPEG/BMP conversion [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Good application to render or convert SVG files to other file formats I have an SVG file that I want to convert to JPEG or BMP (or any other image formats). All the ...
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Is there a way to open/import an SVG file with Photoshop CS2 or CS3?

Title pretty much says it all... Is there a way to open/import an SVG file with Photoshop CS2 or CS3? I am on Mac OS X but cross platform solutions are preferred. Illustrator can open SVG files, so I ...
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How can I batch convert SVG files containing text to PDF files (specifically on CentOS 5.3 x86_64)?

I would like to programatically convert SVG files to PDF files. However, the SVG files contain text that must be searchable in the generated PDF files. Also, it has to work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...
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Convert animated SVG to movie

I have an animated SVG and would like to turn it into a movie (a series of pictures would also do). The animation plays in webkit browsers (Safari, Chrome) and in Batik's squiggle). I tried capturing ...
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Good application to render or convert SVG files to other file formats

I need to render SVG files to other file formats (.png, for example.) What's a good application for performing that render or conversion? Specifically, I need an application that runs on Windows. ...
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Inkscape: what are “line” objects?

What is a "line" object in Inkscape? Drawing lines in Inkscape is by using the tool "Draw Bezier curves and straight lines (Shift+F6)". This creates objects of another type, "path". Using Inkscape: ...