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  • April M. Smith Apr 18, 2012 @ 12:17 am | delete
    FREAKIN GENIUS!!!!!! Thank you!!! you saved me from a nightmare :)
  • Paul Apr 2, 2012 @ 4:02 am | delete
    Thanks a lot. Clear, concise and very helpful
  • brynimagire Mar 26, 2012 @ 6:39 am | delete
    Wonderful lens ! Nice information !
  • Tolovaj Feb 11, 2012 @ 12:45 pm | delete
    Very useful info. i think GIMP has bright future, but it needs more tutorials, manuals, how-tos, more documentation... Thumbs up!
  • CoCo Nov 6, 2011 @ 9:28 pm | delete
    Thank you thank you thank you! This was exactly what I needed and you made it all so easy. Gimp opened the eps file first try with no problem at all.
  • Jeff E. Oct 21, 2011 @ 12:15 am | delete
    Thank you. Great instructions for getting gimp to open an eps file. Very staight forward. Worked the first time for me.
  • paulbarton Oct 14, 2011 @ 2:52 pm | delete
    Gimp has some significant differences to photoshop so on a steep learning curve
  • Craftybegonia Sep 13, 2011 @ 7:09 pm | delete
    Thanks for the lens! I'm a relatively new Gimper and appreciate anything I read on getting more mileage out of it!
  • Denny Aug 30, 2011 @ 7:32 pm | delete
    worked great, thanks for the instructions!
  • Tom Black Aug 30, 2011 @ 12:22 pm | delete
    Thank you so much for your clear explanation. It's VERY helpful!
  • Kathy Hassan Aug 23, 2011 @ 2:47 pm | delete
    Worked perfectly. Note: if you have Gimp already open, you must relaunch it for it to work. Thanks!
  • davidheindel Aug 22, 2011 @ 2:06 pm | delete
    Loved the explanation you gave. A few tweaks for 64-bit W7, and GS version 9.02, and it worked like a charm! :-)
  • Ander Jul 2, 2011 @ 5:30 am | delete
    You must log out & back in for this to take effect.
  • tasos Jun 7, 2011 @ 10:39 am | delete
    Excellent! great lens! Thanks!
  • SteveSipress Jun 3, 2011 @ 1:10 am | delete
    Thank you!! Your directions were so clear and simple that even I could do it!
  • ignatius May 13, 2011 @ 6:07 pm | delete
    Thank you! This is the best how-to I've found in a long, long time.. you're freakin' awesome!
  • Debs Mar 31, 2011 @ 9:34 am | delete
    perfect! worked first time and just what i was looking for...you saved me HOURS of hunting for this...thank you!
  • Mel Mar 24, 2011 @ 6:59 pm | delete
    Thanks champ, worked a treat
  • beingasha Feb 19, 2011 @ 4:54 am | delete
    angel blessings!
  • Dan Dec 30, 2010 @ 5:13 pm | delete
    Nice....Been trying to figure that one out. Thanks for the quick tutorial!
  • RubVen Dec 23, 2010 @ 5:50 am | delete
    If it was that simple (just a system variable, I wonder why I didn't solve it before. Thank you very much for a good initiative, to share this knowledge with others.

    It is now working without problems - perfect :o)
  • searcher Nov 26, 2010 @ 2:16 pm | delete
    For some reason the file on http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost didn't work for me. So I downloaded it from http://ghostscript.com/releases/ (all the way to the bottom). That one worked like a charm.
  • holiday_helper Nov 11, 2010 @ 8:52 am | delete
    nevermind my previous post - it works now! I was using the gswin32c.exe file and needed to remove the "c". thanx!
  • holiday_helper Nov 11, 2010 @ 8:36 am | delete
    Great lens :) It sounds very straightforward, but I'm trying to use GIMP Portable on my USB, and it doesn't seem to find the ghostscript, even after following the directions above. Any ideas?
  • Guest Oct 22, 2010 @ 5:05 am | delete
    Perfect! thanks
  • HandsomeBWonderful Oct 14, 2010 @ 2:09 pm | delete
    this did not work for me.... i followed the instructions to a T.

    i am not handicapped at computers...
  • WriterBuzz Oct 4, 2010 @ 5:54 am | delete
    Very nice lens. Thanks. I gave you a thumbs up, because it's a nice lense.
  • Rob S Sep 13, 2010 @ 8:43 am | delete
    it works. thanks for the workaround.
  • Paul Godden Sep 9, 2010 @ 6:00 am | delete
    Yep worked for me to. Thanks for the solution. One less reason to use Photoshop :-)
  • Paul Aug 10, 2010 @ 3:21 pm | delete
    This worked like a charm. Thanks a bunch!
  • Gardfield Aug 9, 2010 @ 7:01 am | delete
    It works for me on a WinXP SP3. No need to copy Ghostscript binaries to GIMP directory. Thanks for sharing :-)

    However, in my case the quality of the image rendered is kind of low, specially colors, nothing to do with the original :-(
  • Paul Godden Sep 9, 2010 @ 6:02 am | delete
    Hi Gardfield, just incase, try playing with the antialiasing settings when you import. This can have a big affect.
  • Indi Aug 2, 2010 @ 12:35 pm | delete
    Thank you so much!
  • Spencer9 Jul 22, 2010 @ 10:40 am | delete
    I'm not sure why, but when I did this on Windows 7, I had to both follow the steps described above and also copy all the files from the ghostscript bin folder into GIMP's bin folder. Anyway thanks for the clear instruction.
  • Ryan Oct 4, 2010 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    thank you! this worked on windows 7. just copy the bin folder
  • Lee Jun 27, 2010 @ 12:51 am | delete
    Thanks this works perfectly in Vista.
  • garebear Jun 26, 2010 @ 1:10 pm | delete
    Works for me! (windows 7)
  • Mayren Jun 8, 2010 @ 12:38 pm | delete
    To get this to work on a Windows XP machine i had to add more steps:

    go to the actual Ghostscript EXE files in it's BIN directory. Drag and drop them into
    GIMP's BIN directory. Reopen GIMP and done.
  • BeeGee Jun 7, 2010 @ 12:54 pm | delete
    I really appreciate the help...it works thanks a ton
  • miramax Jun 7, 2010 @ 6:28 am | delete
    Much appreciated! So many little things to know... if one only knew them all. Thanks.
  • Rainer May 19, 2010 @ 8:19 pm | delete
    Thank you! Works perfectly (Windows 7)
  • Polgara Apr 13, 2010 @ 11:31 pm | delete
    Thank you! good instructions.
    if it doesn't work right away and you did everything right, try to close and reload the GIMP with the new commands. it should do the final trick.
  • Paul Colby Mar 29, 2010 @ 8:14 pm | delete
    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! :)
  • Andrew Mar 2, 2010 @ 8:02 am | delete
    Awesome, this was extremely helpful and easy to use.
  • draik Jan 25, 2010 @ 7:52 pm | delete
    Pictures are back.
  • const Jan 25, 2010 @ 7:04 am | delete
    No pictures anymore :(
  • lc Jan 19, 2010 @ 10:20 am | delete
    I am using Vista. Does this matter? I have done everything and still not able to open eps files.
  • Pepo Nov 12, 2009 @ 6:57 pm | delete
    in win7 this don't work or i must make mistake. But i don't think so. Can you help me?
  • the dude Mar 20, 2010 @ 5:12 am | delete
    I'm on Win 7, works like a charm, just follow the steps mentioned. Don't forget to close the environment variables screen before you try it though...
  • Art Vandlay Nov 12, 2009 @ 1:56 pm | delete
    Thanks excellent work!
  • mrhammerstein Nov 6, 2009 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    i can't tell you how much this saved me at work. i could only get a 100dpi png out of autocad, but i could get an eps out, but nothing to then save it as a png at 300 dpi. this worked perfect.

    you just made my blood pressure drop.
  • Joel Oct 20, 2009 @ 10:10 am | delete
    Excellent! Thanks so much for your detailed description on this, just doing it on my second machine now.
  • Maria Oct 6, 2009 @ 9:30 am | delete
    Superb info! Finally it works!
  • Jimo Sep 15, 2009 @ 4:31 am | delete
    Great! It works!!! Thanks
  • ludo Sep 14, 2009 @ 8:47 am | delete
    thank you ! working perfectly !
  • SERPENT Sep 11, 2009 @ 7:11 am | delete
    Thanks for detailed explanation, solved the problem :)
  • LB Aug 30, 2009 @ 7:18 am | in reply to TNC | delete
    I have the same problem. I followed the instructions to the letter. Are there any other factors to consider?
  • ayesha Aug 16, 2009 @ 7:08 pm | in reply to TNC | delete
    yeah, same here. help, please
  • Martti Aug 5, 2009 @ 3:24 am | delete
    Perfect :)
  • A gimp Jun 20, 2009 @ 1:02 pm | delete
    Thanks, that works a treat.
  • Mitch May 24, 2009 @ 4:54 pm | delete
    Perfect. This was exactly what I needed.
  • gruenau May 19, 2009 @ 5:43 am | delete
    thanks! worked perfectly. I'm much happier now.
  • TNC May 1, 2009 @ 8:14 pm | delete
    Error starting Ghostscript. Make sure that Ghostscript is installed and - if necessary - use the environment variable GS_PROG to tell GIMP about its location.
    (Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory))

    uuum, yeh...i don't know what i am doing wrong...i followed all of the instructions and put in the proper directory...but that is the message i get...
  • Mohit Khanna Apr 30, 2009 @ 9:06 pm | delete
    Hey buddy ..thanks for the post..yeah this certainly works.!!
  • Mark Mar 25, 2009 @ 5:54 am | delete
    Top tip for those in a rush! thanks for taking the time to post this!
  • Peter Mar 16, 2009 @ 2:29 pm | delete
    Thanks mate...
    You realy helpt me out....
  • PBS Mar 10, 2009 @ 10:05 am | delete
    Hey thanks for this.
  • Melissa Freeman Mar 7, 2009 @ 5:00 pm | delete
    Thankyou! You are a legend for figuring this out. It worked straight away. Very clear instructions. So glad your page was near the top on Google!
  • sandyspider Mar 2, 2009 @ 9:47 am | delete
    I have Gimp on my computer and hadn't used it too much. Need to go through the tutorials. This helps too. Thanks.
  • Martin Feb 27, 2009 @ 4:24 pm | delete
    Thank you, it works perfectly. Have a nice day!
  • Camila Feb 24, 2009 @ 5:48 pm | delete
    THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!
  • salvatore Feb 23, 2009 @ 7:27 pm | delete
    WOW...great help....thanks a lot
  • Eric VAN CANGH Feb 18, 2009 @ 10:48 am | delete
    Thank you very much !!! I really need this tips

    best regards

    Eric VAN CANGH
  • Nakeva Feb 8, 2009 @ 11:35 am | delete
    Worked like a charm! Thanks for posting a good lens!
  • Lucid Feb 4, 2009 @ 4:04 pm | delete
    Perfect! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
  • MeanRooster Jan 26, 2009 @ 3:26 pm | delete
    Brilliant, and it works great. Thanks for your efforts
  • ernestine_blimp Jan 12, 2009 @ 3:05 am | delete
    I think I love you!!!
  • Wesley Aug 12, 2008 @ 8:52 am | delete
    Very good. It works perfectly! You helped to solve a huge problem in my job!

    Thanks again!!!
  • raven0031 Aug 11, 2008 @ 8:19 am | delete
    Worked great. Thanks!
  • MAD-CARTOON-MONSTER Jul 20, 2008 @ 11:44 pm | delete
    I have bookmark this lens for me to come back to it when I need to .Great Lens !

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