Importing other File Formats¶
Inkscape can import and open a large variety of file formats. The availability of some import file formats depends on other programs installed on your computer. Third-party Inkscape extensions can be used to import additional file formats.
When you import certain file formats, Inkscape may open a dialog asking you to specify import options for the file.
For some file formats, Inkscape is only able to import a subset of all available features of that file format.
Commonly available import file formats¶
(ordered by file extension)
- Adobe Illustrator (via pdftocairo) (*.ai)
- Adobe Illustrator file import via pdftocairo
- Adobe Illustrator 8.0 and below (*.ai)
- Adobe Illustrator files created with Illustrator 8.0 or older
- Adobe Illustrator 9.0 and above (*.ai)
- Adobe Illustrator files created with Illustrator 9.0 and newer
- Adobe Illustrator SVG (*.ai.svg)
- SVG file exported from Adobe Illustrator
- ani (*.ani)
- file format for animated mouse cursors on MS Windows
- wmf (*.apm)
- same as Windows Metafiles (*.wmf)
- bmp (*.bmp)
- Windows Bitmap image file format
- Corel DRAW Compressed Exchange files (*.ccx)
- Corel DRAW exchange file format
- Corel DRAW Compressed Exchange files (UC) (*.ccx)
- Corel DRAW exchange file format
- Corel DRAW 7-X4 files (*.cdr)
- Corel DRAW file format version 7-X4
- Corel DRAW 7-X4 files (UQ) (*.cdr)
- Corel DRAW file format version 7-X4
- Corel DRAW 7-13 template files (*.cdt)
- Corel DRAW template file format version 7-13
- Corel DRAW 7-13 template files (UC) (*.cdt)
- Corel DRAW template file format version 7-13
- Computer Graphics Metafile files (*.cgm)
- standardized graphics format for vector and raster data
- Corel DRAW Presentation Exchange files (*.cmx)
- Corel DRAW exchange file format for presentations
- Corel DRAW Presentation Exchange files (UC) (*.cmx)
- Corel DRAW exchange file format for presentations
- ico (*.cur)
- non-animated cursors file format for MS Windows
- ACECAD Digimemo File (*.dhw)
- ACE CAD digital notepad notes file
- Dia Diagram (*.dia)
- Diagram file format from Dia
- AutoCAD DXF R13 (*.dxf)
- dxf CAD file format from AutoCAD, version 13
- Enhanced Metafiles (*.emf)
- proprietary Windows vector file format that only supports straight lines
- Encapsulated PostScript (*.eps)
- embeddable printer graphics file
- GdkPixdata (*.gdkp)
- pixel data files for GTK
- gif (*.gif)
- graphics interchange format, a common raster file format (animations not supported in Inkscape)
- GIMP Gradient (*.ggr)
- gradient file from Gimp, gradient will be available in the Fill and Stroke dialog
- HP Graphics Language file (*.hpgl)
- plotter file format
- icns (*.icns)
- Apple icon image file format
- ico (*.ico)
- Windows computer icon file format
- jpeg2000 (*.j2k)
- see *.jp2
- jpeg2000 (*.jp2)
- standardized compressed raster image file format
- jpeg2000 (*.jpc)
- see *.jp2
- jpeg (*.jpe)
- see *.jpeg
- jpeg (*.jpeg)
- Joint Photographic Experts Group compressed raster image file format
- jpeg (*.jpg)
- see *.jpeg
- jpeg2000 (*.jpf)
- see *.jp2
- jpeg2000 (*.jpx)
- extended jpg2000 file format, see jp2
- pnm (*.pbm)
- portable bitmap file format (black and white only)
- pcx (*.pcx)
- ZSoft picture exchange raster graphics file format
- pnm (*.pgm)
- portable graymap file format (grayscale)
- Adobe PDF (*.pdf)
- standardized document exchange file format
- Adobe PDF (via pdftocairo) (*.pdf)
- standardized document exchange file format, import via pdftocairo library
- HP Graphics Language Plot file [AutoCAD] (*.plt)
- plotter file format
- png (*.png)
- portable network graphics, a lossless raster image file format
- pnm (*.pnm)
- portable anymap file format (see also pbm, pgm and ppm)
- pnm (*.ppm)
- portable pixmap file format (RGB)
- PostScript (*.ps)
- printer graphics language file format
- qtif (*.qif)
- see *.qtif
- qtif (*.qtif)
- Quick Time image file format
- ras (*.ras)
- Sun (Solaris) raster file format
- sK1 vector graphics files (*.sk1)
- native file format of sk1 vector editor
- Scalable Vector Graphic (*.svg)
- SVG files, such as the files Inkscape generates
- Compressed Inkscape SVG (*.svgz)
- gzip-compressed SVG file with all editor data
- tga (*.targa)
- see *.tga
- tga (*.tga)
- Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Array image file
- tiff (*.tif)
- see *.tiff
- tiff (*.tiff)
- Tagged Image File Format (raster file format)
- Microsoft Visio 2013 drawing (*.vsdm)
- drawings created in MS Visio 2013
- Microsoft Visio 2013 drawing (*.vsdx)
- drawings created in MS Visio 2013
- Microsoft Visio XML Diagram (*.vdx)
- diagrams created in MS Visio
- Microsoft Visio Diagram (*.vsd)
- diagrams created in MS Visio
- wbmp (*.wbmp)
- Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format (black-transparent raster graphics)
- Windows Metafiles (*.wmf)
- improved version of .wmf with support for Bézier curves
- WordPerfect Graphics (*.wpg)
- graphics exported from Word Perfect
- Microsoft XAML (*.xaml)
- Microsoft’s graphical user interface description language file format
- xbm (*.xbm)
- X BitMap file format for cursors (black and white)
- xpm (*.xpm)
- X PixMap file format for cursors (color, successor of *.xbm)