Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Use GIMP to edit EPS files on windows.

Install GIMP or GIMP Portable.

Go to the Ghostscript project page on Sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/

Download one of the prepared Windows distributions, such as gs870w32.exe

Start the executable and follow the instructions for the installation procedure.

Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

Click the Advanced tab.

Click Environment variables

Set the GS_PROG environment variable to the full file name of the gswin32c binary (e.g. C:\gs\gsX.YY\bin\gswin32c.exe).

 

Open GIMP and open the EPS file.