Page: Export the area enclosed by the page. The default filename is the SVG filename with the «svg» extension replaced by «png».

Drawing: Export all objects in drawing (including those outside the page). The initial export area is the quadro delimitatore of all the objects. The default filename is the SVG filename with the «svg» extension replaced by «png».

Selection: Export the region enclosed by the quadro delimitatore surrounding the selected objects. The default filename is the internal name of the last object selected.

Custom: Export the area defined in the entry boxes.

.ai (Adobe Illustrator). Requires ghostscript to be installed. The Adobe Illustrator (version 8.0) file format is a modified version of the EPS level 2 format. Files saved in this format can be displayed in many PostScript viewers (you may have to change the «.ai» file tag to «.ps»). Bitmaps are not exported and trasparenza is lost.

	Suggerimento
	Recent versions of Illustrator can import SVG files directly. This will most likely give better results than exporting to an .ai file from Inkscape.

There is one option that determines if the text is converted to a path or is left as a PostScript text object. There is no guarantee with the latter choice that the printing will be done with the correct font if fonts are not embedded in the file.

Adobe Illustrator output dialog.

.dxf (AutoCAD). All attributes lost. Requires Pstoedit to be installed.

Two options allow text to be saved as a path or embedded (Type 1 only). The latter option seems to be ignored.

AutoCAD DXF output dialog.

Export test: DXF. As read in by QCad.

A simplified form of DXF export for desktop cutting plotters is also supported (labeled «Desktop Cutting Plotter»). The form supports cutters from Wishblade and Craftrobo.

New in v0.45.

.emf (Enhanced Meta File)*. Only works with Windows. Only exports Contorni and Riempimenti with solid colors.

.eps, .epsi (Encapsulated PostScript, Encapsulated PostScript Interchange). Transparency is lost.

There are three options. The first determines if the BoundingBox in the EPS file is set to the quadro delimitatore of the objects in the drawing or to the dimensions of the page. The second determines if the text is converted to a path or is left as a PostScript text object. The latter allows easy editing of the text in the EPS file but if the font is not embedded in the file, there is no assurance that the printing will be done with the correct font. The third allows embedding fonts in the file. This only works with Type 1 fonts.

Encapsulated PostScript output dialog.

Export test: EPS and PostScript export yields the same image.

.gpl (Gimp Palette). Saves a list of colors used in the drawing to a Gimp Palette file. The file can then be moved to the Inkscape palette directory (share/inkscape/palettes/) and the palette can be selected in the Palette bar or the Campioni dialog. Requires PyXML module.

.odg (Open Document Graphic). Limited support, better support planned.^[9] Currently only export of text, shapes, and solid fill and strokes is supported.

Export test: ODG.

Updated for v0.46.

.pdf (PDF). As of v0.46, a Cairo-based exporter has replaced the old PDF exporter. It is recommended that at least cairo 1.5.2 be used. Patterns, clipping, and masking are not supported. The methods to produce PDF found under the Stampa dialog may produce better output.

	Avvertimento
	Some versions of Evince, a popular Linux Postscript and PDF viewer, do not show gradients with trasparenza; use Acroread instead.

	Nota
	Export to PDF prior to v0.46 produced uncompressed PDF files (which is legal according to the standard). Some operating systems and display software may complain.

Export test: PDF.

.pov (PovRay). Saves shapes and text, with color and transparency, as prism objects. Stroke is not saved. To render a drawing, a camera with lights, etc. must be defined. See share/inkscape/examples/istest.pov for an example.

Export test: POV.

Updated for v0.46 (Cairo method).

.ps (PostScript). Two separate methods are provided: The older built-in method (labeled «PostScript») and the newer Cairo-based method (labeled «PostScript via Cairo»). The methods to produce PostScript found under the Stampa dialog may produce better output.

PostScript:  Transparency is lost. Clipping, masking, and patterns are not supported.

There are two options. The first determines if the text is converted to a path or is left as a PostScript text object. With the latter choice, the text is easily editable within the PostScript file. However, there is no guarantee that the printing will be done with the correct fonts if the fonts are not embedded in the PostScript file. The second option allows fonts to be embedded. This only works with Type 1 fonts.

PostScript output dialog.

PostScript via Cairo:  Patterns and clipping rendered incorrectly. Problems with dashed lines. Masking not supported. Relies on bitmap fallbacks more often than PDF Cairo output.

Options exist to select the PostScript level (either 2 or 3), if text should be converted to paths, if blurs made with the Sfocatura Gaussiana filter should be converted to bitmaps, and the preferred resolution of fallback bitmaps. Not converting blurs to bitmaps may yield an empty file.

PostScript output dialog for Cairo method.

.tex (LaTeX with PSTricks macros). Requires the PSTricks package to be installed, which is normally included with the LaTeX package.

Here is an example of a LaTeX file to use with Inkscapes tex output saved in the file my_inkscape_test.tex.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\begin{document}

Test of PSTricks with Inkscape.

\input{FileExportTest.tex}

\end{document}
     

Export test: LaTeX.

Suggerimento

If you need equations in your figures, there are two methods available. The first is to use the Latex Formula extension. Alternatively, you can use the psfrag LaTeX package. To use the latter, put a place holders for your equation in a text box. Then export as an EPS file (without converting the text to a path or using manual kerning!). The psfrag package can then be used to replace the placeholder with a latex expression. Putting text on a diagonal is possible. \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{psfrag} \begin{document} \psfrag{Export Test}{PSFrag: $\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$} \includegraphics{FileExportTest2.eps} \end{document} Export test: LaTeX using an EPS file with psfrag. The phrase «Export Test» has been replaced by a LaTeX expression.

Inkscape can also be used to design LaTeX presentation styles. See Latex Presentation Designer.

.svg, .svgz (SVG, SVG compressed). Two options are available: Plain SVG and SVG with Inkscape extensions (for storage of Inkscape meta data). In theory, any program that reads SVG files should ignore the Inkscape extensions.

.xcf (Gimp). All top-level layers and objects are exported as separate layers in the PNG format and then inserted as layers into the Gimp native XCF format. Requires Python, PyXML, and Gimp 2.2 or higher. Both Gimp and Inkscape (v0.44 or greater) must be in the executable path. This export is not implemented on Windows.

Export test: XCF.

New in v0.46.

.xaml (Microsoft Application eXtensible Markup Language)*.

.zip (Compressed Inkscape SVG with Media). This option will save the drawing as an Inkscape SVG file and then package that along with all included (linked) graphics files as a zip package. The resulting file cannot be read directly by Inkscape. However, when the file is uncompressed, all the included graphics should be placed where Inkscape can find them when the SVG file is opened.