Keynote and svg

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Keynote and svg

Keynote is absolutely powerful. I am using it to create an animation to be exported as a video with a transparent background. Amazing!

But often I have to use graphs or vector shape that keynote can't manage as editable objects. I tried to use AI2KEY but when I changed the laptop I could not get it to work again.

I tried also other solutions: SVG to keynote.... did not work, or copying the SVG to open office slide, then ppt and finally keynote.

I am wondering why not including SVG or AI importing feature in Keynote.... and make it definitively perfect!!

Posted on Feb 23, 2021 8:21 AM

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VikingOSX

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Feb 23, 2021 10:37 AM in response to elenis1517

Ponderously, Apple does not support SVG format in anything but Safari, but you can drag/drop Illustrator .ai files onto Keynote whether old (pre-PDF), or new. One certainly can drop the .ai files into Pages v10.3.9.

For SVG to image conversion, I recommend you download and install the free, native Inkscape v1.0.2 or later. It thrives on SVG files and even last evening, I exported to a PNG with expected quality results.

If you already purchased Affinity Designer, it can also open SVG and export them to PNG, JPG, PSD, PDF, etc.

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VikingOSX

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Feb 24, 2021 6:09 AM in response to elenis1517

Until such time that Apple decides to support SVG in Keynote, you will be constrained to external applications and conversion to Keynote compatible media. You can send Apple a feature request as feedback from the application menu.

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elenis1517 Author

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Feb 23, 2021 1:10 PM in response to VikingOSX

Thank you for your reply.

I meant to use vectors (icons, maps, etc.) and edit them in Keynote, as I used to do with AI2KEY, without having to go back and forth from keynote to illustrator or other to change e.g. colour or opacity or to animate separately.

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elenis1517 Author

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Feb 24, 2021 8:22 AM in response to VikingOSX

good point! I will do it.

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