How to convert .jpg images to .eps?

Question

How can I convert a .jpg image to an .eps?

Solution

ImageMagick can do this.

From the commandline, simply type:

convert filename.jpg filename.eps

(On Windows you may need to put in the full path to convert.exe inside quotation marks; the above will work as-is on OS X or linux.)

It doesn't really make any sense to convert a raster graphic to a vector graphic, however. It'll still be rasterized.

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Another way of doing it with a GUI would be to use Inkscape; I'm pretty sure it can import most formats, and it definitely can export to .eps — it does have some ways of trying to trace paths in a vector image to recreate the vectors, but it's far from failsafe.

Just be sure to "embed" rather than "link" when you import.

Comments

[ericzma]

I ever wrote a small webpage to convert images to EPS for myself: JPG to EPS converter . This may help others without a Linux aside.