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Dec 17 2007

Install Ghostscript for Windows and GIMP


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Installing GhostScript for Windows

GhostScript for Windows supports PostScript (.ps) and Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) files.  You can download it and install it here.  To install it, you'll want to download a Windows distribution with an installer (.exe), and follow the installation instructions. 

Getting GIMP to recognize GhostScript

To get GIMP, the popular open-source image editing application, to recognize your GhostScript installation, you'll need to set an environment variable in Windows as follows:

  • Browse to Start -> Control Panel -> System
  • Select the "Advanced" tab
  • Click the "Environment Variables" button at bottom
  • then click "Add" to add the following system variable:
    • Variable: GS_PROG
    • Value:  Full path to the location of your gswin32c.exe file (in your GhostScript installation directory - the default location is C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.54\bin\gswin32.exe, but this may vary depending on where you installed it)

Mastering GIMP graphic design

Used to Photoshop, or just starting off with GIMP and having trouble? GIMP is an excellent, open source (free) alternative to Photoshop that is constantly getting better. However, it's not known as the most user-friendly alternative to Photoshop. There is a Windows version available now, which is making it a lot more accessible to the average designer (although most professional designers are on Mac's - which also has a GIMP version). GIMP was originally written for Linux. Check out our feature on How to Design Graphics with GIMP to get the most out of your design software. 

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Way cool post...

Thanks, it worked like a charm...

Great Tip...

Great Tip. It worked really well. Thanks.

Jason

Ghostscript in GIMP

Awesome - I've been trying to get GIMP to recognize GhostScript for a while. Thanks for the useful infos!!

Thanks ... that was really

Thanks ... that was really helpful

Learning Photoshop

I was always interested whether it is possible to learn working with Photoshop on my own. I am actually one of such enthusiasts, and have read several e-books already, but still lag behind...

Perhaps, there's something I miss... I need your help!

Ghostscript

That was great. Thanks a lot. One suggestion - in the bit about the system variable, you might explain that the path should look like this (including the ghostscript exe file name) (in my case), C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.54\bin\gswin32.exe

Ghostscript path

Thanks - actually the path varies per installation, so we simply tell them to look in their install directory. But I'll leave your comment in case it helps someone.

path

how do i find the path? i have no idea where the install directory is...

thanks.

Ghostscript path

See the comment above.

Daniel

Thanks a lot, it was really helpful... I didn't even realized that GIMP was available for Windows... Nice.

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