Then check if anything has changed and if there’s a compatibility issue.Either you need to simplify your Inkscape design or edit the PSD output. So with this limitation, you need to do some adjustment when converting Inkscape format to Photoshop. So although the document can be opened in Photopea, You have to make sure that generated Photopea PSD can be opened in Photoshop too. The error is not informative at all, and I haven’t got a chance to investigate what might be causing it, but most likely happens when we use complex SVG features. Sometimes the PSD output from Photopea can’t be opened in Photoshop.

We only tried Powerstroke and Envelope deformation. Works for linear & radial gradient, fill and stroke. Works, but the name changed to generic naming like layer1, layer2, layer3, etc. Clones are created as independent separated objects Works, but blur radius doesn’t seem editable, and has issue when the document is resized. Works for solid fill & stroke (sometime has line width issue) Ok lets summarize it as table for quick reference Path/shape It is easy to have a PNG with more than sufficient resolution for viewing/printing purposes, and the parent program is available for any re-editing.Pattern doesn’t work. I do not share the view of ecbritz that this is undesirable. PNG) for it to be usable in WP/Presentations. In both programs, if a really ‘artistic’ and complex drawing is produced, it will be necessary to save it as bitmap (e.g. (Those who have Corel Draw may be able to import an SVG with gradient fill objects and then produce a suitable WPG) As mentioned in previous discussion, it is also necessary to steer clear of gradient fills if the drawing is intended for use in WP/Presentations. Its interface is not as visually appealing as that of DrawPlus, but there is also less likelihood of introducing non-vector elements inadvertently. Inkscape produces better output of curves in WMFs (This comment relates to DrawPlus starter edition). (They can also be re-saved as EMF, but this reduces any thick curves back to single pixel width when the EMF is opened in Presentations, and the width needs to be re-established) However, curves in a DrawPlus file exported as SVG and opened in Inkscape can be re-saved from there as WMF, and then can be imported into Presentations in a fully editable form. Shapes and fills in WMFs from DrawPlus import well.Ĭurves will also import, but have a huge number of edit points, and are not re-shapeable. If the image in the WMF is a bitmap, or contains a mix of vector and bitmap elements, import into Presentations will fail.

In Presentations, there is a setting (presumably the default) in Tools > Settings > Environment > Options to convert WMF to WPG. If Tools > Settings > Convert > Convert is set to convert to WPG format, and the imported image contains vector content only, WP will import it in an editable form. In WP, if Tools > Settings > Convert > Convert is set to retain WMF format, WP will show the bitmap version (This can then be selected and saved as a WPG bitmap, making it usable in both WP and Presentations). How WP and Presentations deal with imports of these depends partly on the settings in the programs. WMF and EMF (EMF is not available in the starter edition), which save a metafile ‘snapshot’ of the image containing a vector version and a bitmap version. SVG, which saves in a vector format usable in Inkscape (see below) The images can also be exported to various formats - the most relevant for WP are: It stores images in a proprietary (.DPP) format. I think we are now in a position to understand better what’s going on:ĭrawPlus allows the production of images using vector and bitmap elements. Some of what ecbritz and I found can be seen in these threads.

Prompted by recent threads initiated by ecbritz, I installed Inkscape and DrawPlus (starter edition) and began exploring the creation of images in these programs and the way in which they can be used in WP/Presentations.

Inkscape save as vector image