: What programs can I use to separate clusters of vector objects I just purchased a group pack of background images from Shutterstock (.eps file). I don't have Adobe Illustrator. Is there a cheap

@Cugini998

There are lots of possible tools, I'm including illustrator so that the list is more complete. A non-comprehensive list in alphabetic order:


Adobe Acrobat Pro, commercial.
Adobe Illustrator, commercial.
Corel Draw, commercial.
Ghostscript, open source.
Inkscape, open source.
Karbon, open source.
Sketch, commercial, OSX only.
Xara Designer Pro, commercial. Older version available for free on linux


You can also edit the bounding box with any text editor in existence. Heres an example

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@Odierno310

Inkscape can handle EPS
inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/#How_to_open_EPS_files_in_Windows

Initially you need to find out where ps2pdf is on your machine or
install it. It's in the Ghostscript lib directory, which is probably
something like C:Program Filesgsgs9.09lib.

If it is not installed you may find a current release of Ghostscript
for Windows on their download page here.

Then you need to add this to the system Path in Environment Variables.
To navigate there on Win XP, Vista, 7: Start button > Control Panel >
System > Advanced > Environment Variables. In Windows 8.1/10,
right-click on This PC, choose Properties > Advanced system settings >
Advanced tab > Environment Variables. Scroll through the System
variables in the bottom panel, and select Path, click Edit. In the
ridiculously small edit box provided add a semicolon to the end of
whatever is there at the moment, and then add C:Program
Filesgsgs9.16lib (or whatever it is on your machine). Note --
There should be no space between the semicolon and C (the start of the
path).

You will also need to add the Ghostscript bin directory after another
semicolon to the system Path. (This will be the same as the lib
directory, but ending in bin rather than lib - for example: C:Program
Filesgsgs9.16bin)

Note that updating to a new version of Ghostscript will install to a
new gs directory, but will not erase the old version subdirectory or
update the Environment Variables.You'll need to delete the old
directories and Environmental Variable paths if you want to make use
of the newly installed version (with the new directory and paths).
Also note that if you have a 64-bit system, and you install the 32-bit
version of Ghostscript, the paths will be C:/Program Files
(x86)/...etc., instead of C:/Program Files/...etc.

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