Can an SVG vector graphic be converted to a PNG file format for use in Fireworks?

Question

As many of you know, there are quite a few websites that sell royalty free graphics. Some sites sell vector graphics (svg) or give you the option to download them as such.

I don't have a graphics editor that will support SVG. Currently, I'm working with an older version of Fireworks. I cannot open a SVG file type. (I also cannot afford to purchase PhotoShop or Illustrator software).

I'm running Windows on my PC.

Questions:

• What are my options?
• Is there a SVG to PNG converter?
• Would the converted file retain everything correctly?
• Would I be able to work with the converted SVG file as I do a PNG?

Answer 1

I'd recommend downloading Inkscape, which is the freeware equivalent of Illustrator. It can export svg to png, and it uses SVG as its native image format.

Answer 2

1. open the SVG file with IE
2. right click the picture in the IE web page
3. 'save as' PNG file

Answer 3

I'm going to guess you're on Windows, but on Linux I use librsvg2-bin.

Then use rsvg-convert -o output.png input.svg

A quick google search brought me this if you're only going to be able to use Windows: http://www.openclipart.org/wiki/SVG_Tools