---
title: "Converters.config"
canonical: https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/converters-config.htm
archived: true
applies_to:
  - product: "Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
  - product: "Design Editor"
    versions: ["6.15.0", "6.x (may differ)"]
---

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# Converters.config

**Applies to:** Customer's Canvas On-Premises; Design Editor 6.15.0, 6.x (may differ) · **Archived documentation**
 
The `~/Configuration/Converters.config` file allows you to configure external graphics converters.
 
For graphics formats that do not have built-in support in Customer's Canvas, you can set up external command-line image conversion tools (converters) in the **Aurigma.DesignAtoms.Converters** section and in the separate `~/Configuration/Converters.config` file. Customer's Canvas runs such converters when the **Asset Manager** opens images or you open PSD files with embedded images in the specified format at the first time. As a result, converters generate PDF files.
 
For example, you may want to use your vector graphics in the EPS format. In this case, you can set up the Ghostscript or PStill tools for obtaining vector PDF files as follows:
 
```xml
    <Aurigma.DesignAtoms.Converters>
        <Converters>
            <Converter name="epsgs"
                       format="eps"
                       executable="C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.22\bin\gswin64c.exe"
                       args="-dPSFitPage -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dFitPage -r300 -sOutputFile=%OUTPUT% %INPUT%"
                       timeout="30" />
        </Converters>
    </Aurigma.DesignAtoms.Converters>
```
 
**Important** 
The command line arguments must contain variables for the input and output file names, `%INPUT%` and `%OUTPUT%`.
 
|  Parameter |  Description |
| --- | --- |
   |  name |  The unique converter name. |
 |  format |  The file format that requires the conversion. To allow your users to upload a new image format, add this format to the [allowedExtensions](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iassetsources.iprivatesourceconfig.htm.md) list. |
 |  executable |  The path to the executable file of the converter. |
 |  args |  Command line arguments. Customer's Canvas uses the `%INPUT%` variable for the input file path and file name of the original image. `%OUTPUT%` contains the file path and file name of the converted image. |
 |  timeout |  The time limit for the conversion. The default value is `30` seconds. |
 
## See Also
  
### Manual
 
- [Web.config](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/web-config.htm.md)
- [AppSettings.config](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/appsettings-config.htm.md)
- [FileCache.config](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/filecache-config.htm.md)
- [Aurigma.DesignAtoms.config](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/aurigma-designatoms-config.htm.md)