Thanks! The second method (converting to bitmap and tracing from that) would seem to suit my purposes just fine. The whole process does seem to mute the colours a little, compared to the original, but I'm sure I can compensate by increasing the saturation before tracing, or something like that. Than...

I have an SVG file containing elements defined with a variety of gradients. I need to convert the SVG to a form in which there are no gradients present. I would like to do this in a way in which the effect of the gradient is preserved, but without using actual gradients. So a linear gradient could b...

It's funny how encountering a problem with a method that you've been using for ages, without thought, sometimes leads you to a better method than before! Yes, you're right, a simple script does the job, and now the whole process of batch converting is so much simpler than before. Particularly when t...

Until now I've been using the InkscapeBatch tool ( https://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscapebatch/ ) to batch convert a number of svg files to a corresponding number of pdf files. It works well. But the problem I've now encountered is this... I was having problems with fill patterns in Inkscape just...