Migrate SP 2007 Master page to 2013

Hello All,
I have a requirement to migrate a sharpoint 2007 master page to sharepoint 2013 master page.
My infrastructure team has set the DB on 2013. Please let me know is it possible to upgrade a
master page directly from 2007 to 2013 or it requires a intermediate stage for 2010 master page?Please let me know.
Appreciate your responses.
Thank you
Smith
smith

there is no easy path to mirgate the master page from 2007 to 2013. Check this post "http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/b4947250-a447-430c-b374-a9777c4d4cbb/migration-of-master-pages-from-sp2010-to-2013?forum=sharepointdevelopment"
Because you have only one or couple of master page, i would try to use the 3rd party tools to save time i.e Metalogix or ShareGate or Axceler or Dell Software.
Metalogix and ShareGate have the trial version you can try that.
http://www.metalogix.com/help/Content%20Matrix%20Console/SharePoint%20Edition/002_HowTo/003_MigrationActions/022_MasterPageGallery.htm
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