Is there a way to open/import an SVG file with Photoshop CS2 or CS3?

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Published on 2010-03-16T02:14:30Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 4:43 UTC
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Title pretty much says it all... Is there a way to open/import an SVG file with Photoshop CS2 or CS3? I am on Mac OS X but cross platform solutions are preferred. Illustrator can open SVG files, so I find it odd that Photoshop cannot. I understand Illustrator is vector based, but Photoshop has limited vector capabilities also...

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