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As many of you know, there are quite a few websites that sell royalty free graphics. Some sites sell vector graphics (svg) or give you the option to download them as such.

I don't have a graphics editor that will support SVG. Currently, I'm working with an older version of Fireworks. I cannot open a SVG file type. (I also cannot afford to purchase PhotoShop or Illustrator software).

I'm running Windows on my PC.

Questions:

  • What are my options?
  • Is there a SVG to PNG converter?
  • Would the converted file retain everything correctly?
  • Would I be able to work with the converted SVG file as I do a PNG?
ThiefMaster
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katura
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    I've come across an open source software called Inkscape (www.inkscape.org). It handles SVG type image files and can export them to PNG format. :) So I think this will be my solution when it comes to buying the SVG graphics. – katura May 19 '11 at 21:22

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I'd recommend downloading Inkscape, which is the freeware equivalent of Illustrator. It can export svg to png, and it uses SVG as its native image format.

Erik Dahlström
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  1. open the SVG file with IE
  2. right click the picture in the IE web page
  3. 'save as' PNG file
pascal918
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    Worked perfectly for me with IE11 on Windows 10, and far easier than other proposed solutions if you still have IE installed. – Andy Mo Nov 20 '20 at 18:24
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I'm going to guess you're on Windows, but on Linux I use librsvg2-bin.

Then use rsvg-convert -o output.png input.svg

A quick google search brought me this if you're only going to be able to use Windows: http://www.openclipart.org/wiki/SVG_Tools

Robert
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