Comment 11 for bug 444940

The problem with splitting the original file in two with AI is that I and most other people can't afford Illustrator. In any case, having to buy Illustrator for this purpose rather negates the whole philosophy behind Inky. A simple solution would be for artwork creators to release their work in smaller sized files, so that Inkscape can cope with them. Realistically, this probably will not happen! Personally, I can cope with the slowness (time to make a cup of tea!) but the crashing is frustrating.