Questions tagged [eps]
Questions about `eps`, or Encapsulated PostScript, a cross-platform file format for vector files.
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AI vs EPS vs SVG
What's the technical difference? I'm interested in switching from Illustrator to Inkscape and would prefer to work exclusively with SVG, but is this going to be a problem for my team if they stay on ...
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Is it unprofessional to provide svg files instead of eps?
I do most of my work for the web and often use svg files, when I need vector graphics. I designed a logo as part of a project for a client, and the client now asks for an eps file with transparent ...
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What unique benefits does the EPS format provide?
Reading this excellent question regarding logo export formats, and it made me want to ask a question that was a little bit more narrowly focused than that one.
I know when to use a GIF and when to ...
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How can I import a vector format file into Google Drawing
Apparently this is not possible out of the box. I have found some crazy workarounds that require using different operating systems and 4 different applications but I was hoping for something simpler
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Different types of EPS in Photoshop
I was going to save an image created using Photoshop and I wanted to save it as .EPS but I see there are 3 different types of EPS available:
Photoshop EPS (*.EPS)
Photoshop DCS 1.0 (*.EPS)
Photoshop ...
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How to create a vector curve programmatically?
I want to create a vector curve that is symmetric in the top and the bottom. For example, in this baseball icon (How to draw a baseball in Pixelmator?), if I try to write the vector as suggested by ...
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Pros and cons to .AI vs. .EPS file formats in 2017?
I've heard "EPS is a dying format" so many times my brain completes the sentence every time I hear "EPS"...yet whenever I research the issue, I can only find posts about why it's a dying format in ...
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What are the workflow differences between vector file formats?
I came here when I found AI vs EPS vs SVG here. The main point most (all) answers have is that the workflows in the three formats are different.
How and why these differences are is not so clear to ...
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Import vector data into illustrator
I have a program that generates thousands of vector points (just coordinates), the format is not fixed, but it could be something like this:
(2.4785|77.01)
(78.8|9.88)
(45.33|0.2)
I am able to ...
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How to convert an Illustrator EPS to SVG and keep alpha channels and transparency modes?
I have an Illustrator EPS file which has a number of shapes that are set to multiply and overlay modes. I am also using a number of masks. Is there a way to export this art in SVG format and keep all ...
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Will an EPS saved in Illustrator CC open in any Illustrator version?
If I save a EPS vector file in Illustrator CC version will it open up in any Illustrator version (e.g. CS4, CS5, CS6)? Or do I need to save separate EPS files for each version of Illustrator?
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How to export Photoshop file to Illustrator
I have created a graphics in Photoshop CS6 and I saves it in .eps file format, and when I opened it in the Illustrator CC it is not recognizing any element more over if I zoom in the graphics is ...
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Problems converting PDF with transparency to EPS
I'm having a problem converting PDF files to EPS. I have to do it with three PDF files, each of which has a single-page image. Such image was composed by figures and images on PowerPoint. I did it ...
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Why do EPS (vector) file formats require a specified resolution?
SVG is also a vector graphics file format but I've never been requested for resolution choice when using Matlab or Inkscape. EPS however has these options. Why? If both are vector graphics formats, ...
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Error opening EPS in GIMP 2.8 [closed]
I'm attempting to import an EPS file into GIMP, but it fails. I'm running v2.8.19, and I've installed Ghostscript 9.14 (I think that's the version).
I've also gone through setting up the System ...
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Convert batch EPS to SVG using ImageMagick?
Is there an easy way to convert a batch of EPS files to SVG format, using ImageMagick or something else?
I have thousands of vector files in EPS format and I need to convert them to SVG.
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Is there a way to expand linked EPS file placed inside another EPS file in Illustrator?
I've placed an EPS file (File A) inside another EPS file (File B) and now need to completely break this link so that the artwork of File A becomes 100% editable part of File B.
I've tried embedding ...
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Is there a way to flatten AI or EPS imports from Freepik.com in Inkscape?
I have a subscription in Freepik.com which let me download quality vector files in EPS format (sometimes also in AI format). Each file author in Freepik converts to AI/EPS in Adobe Illustrator with ...
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How to quickly find all transparent objects in an artwork in Illustrator?
I have document with 15000 paths. I used a lot blending modes, blur effects and gradients with transparent nodes. I need to convert it to EPS. I found most of transparent objects, but over 50 more I'm ...
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Problem converting pdf to eps - grey hue (using Pixelmator and Inkscape)
I am not a graphic designer at all, but a science grad student.
I need to submit figures to a journal in .eps format, they do not accept .pdf.
When I try to convert my .pdf files to .esp, different ...
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Saving many artboards as eps without the artboards' border
I have an .ai document with many artboards.
I would like to save each artboard separately as an .eps so I can place it in InDesign.
If I use the "Save As" option and check the "Use Artboards" box.
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What's the best method to send and receive eps files to and from clients?
Every once in a while a client emails me a .eps file. Most of the time these files fail to open or they open with errors. This can often delay production or mistakenly allow errors to slip through. ...
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Why does my Eps file look like an image?
Why my eps (eps 10) file in Adobe AI is not working and it behaves like an image? I can't change anything. When I look at the layer panel it seems like an image.I deleted the layer of the link file. ...
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Free/ Open source EPS editor for windows
I am honestly stoked that I can't find any after quite a few minutes googling!
Can someone suggest me a free/open source EPS editor that you don't need a PHD to install? does none exist? Everything ...
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How to edit an Inkscape file in Adobe Illustrator while preserving the aspects (fonts/placement/etc.) of the original file?
I created a poster in Inkscape, but the person I created it for would like to edit it in Adobe Illustrator. The Inkscape file (saved in both Inkscape SVG and EPS format) contains text, images and ...
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EPS file looks great in AI but washed out in Mac Preview or ghostscript
I have an EPS file that, when opened in Illustrator, looks great. AI can export to a PNG that also looks great.
When I open this file with Preview on OSX, or use ghostscript/imagemagick to convert it ...
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Why is Illustrator 10 moving my letters and outlines when I open a file?
I have a file that was originally created in CorelDrawX5 as both a dwg and pdf. I have opened both in Illustrator CS6 and they work fine.
I then saved it as an eps and ai for my supplier to work ...
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Is eps the right format for photos with transparency?
I have just started with a company who make a 72pp catalogue of products. There are hundreds of linked eps files used for the product photographs (electrical trade products so typically white and ...
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How can I beat the browser when it comes to reducing image size?
Can't get my head around this. I tried several ways to reduce the pixel size of a logo in Gimp. However, the browser (either safari, firefox or chrome on my iMac) is always amazingly better reducing ...
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How to edit an EPS with GIMP or Inkscape
Newbie here. I wanted to design a wallpaper, (I was starting with a 1280x1024 size), so I downloaded this graphic from freepik [ see link below ] but I cannot figure out how to edit it.
First I ...
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How do I export a vector .EPS in Inkscape?
I am saving my Inkscape .svg as an encapsulated postscript file, however the exported image is not vector. If I save as a .pdf, for example, then it is vector. The export settings are attached. ...
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Why does Photoshop display slight color differences for the same eps file depending on how it is placed into Photoshop?
I have an EPS (logo.eps). The logo's color is #C34500 (orange). When I open logo.eps in Adobe Illustrator CC and sample the color is shows as #C34500. When I copy/paste the artwork into Adobe ...
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How to can extract all icons from an .eps file?
I Have
shutterstock_219776725.eps that I downloaded from http://www.shutterstock.com/ , it looks like this when I open it in Photoshop.
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to export all those icons in there into its own pieces ...
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Batch export AI and EPS files into a PNG
I have about ~600 files in .ai and .eps formats and need to export them to a .png (Full image, not layer by layer). Is there any way to do this automatically? Also it will be good if the .png file ...
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What steps should i take to make my .eps file less editable?
I am pretty new to the adobe program and love it. I just have trouble finding answers by searching the internet. I have a certain group that likes my design posters but prefer the .eps (thus using the ...
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CMYK color space?
I open an EPS file containing a company logo (using Illustrator), and see that the color they used is described as C,M,Y,K values in percentage. But I don't see any kind of color space attribution.
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Extract clipping path from EPS (without Adobe Suite)
I've been supplied a bunch of product shots in EPS format. Having seen the shots used in various publications I had a hunch that they had already been isolated.
Simply opening the files in GIMP ...
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How to make the .eps file smaller
I'm working on the large sign 24" X 60" in Illustrator CC 2014. My problem is the size of the .eps file. I'm still new to Illustrator and learning new things with every project. I'm trying to achieve ...
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Saving an image created in MS Word as .eps
I have created an image in MS Word using the Shapes tools, so on my hands is a .docx (or at best .pdf) file. Now I have to have an .eps file from the contents. I tried converting the .pdf to .eps but ...
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Preserving transparency in eps file
I have an EPS file with transparency. How can I convert it to PNG with GIMP and preserve transparency?
Edit: I tried opening it in GIMP and exporting as PNG. Didn't work.
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.eps good quality and fast-loading vector images
I am writing a paper using PDFLaTeX. In this paper I insert few .eps pictures I export from ArcMap. These images have been exported in format .eps with a dpi of 600.
My problem is that when I build ...
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Inkscape merges consecutive straight segments in one when importing from EPS
I am trying to import the following EPS file in Inkscape (version 0.91 on Debian sid):
%!PS-Adobe EPSF-3.0
%%BoundingBox: 0.000000 0.000000 850.393701 566.929134
newpath
42.519685039370 73....
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How to edit eps file in Photoshop?
I am making logos in Inkscape for sale. I don't own Illustrator and I just purchased Photoshop, no skills with that one. I have a customer who wants to know if she can edit the logo in photoshop? I ...
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Blank border when importing eps files
I'm really new using illustrator (to be honnest, it's only been two days).
When I try to open eps files, there is a big blank border appearing around the image I've opened. I really don't know if it'...
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How can I make two figures same size in inkscape?
I am trying to make the figures same size. In the figure 1, they seem like they are in same dimensions, however when I include them in the latex they are no more aligned which can be seen in figure 2. ...
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Scribus can't import my MATLAB eps figure and has issues too if it's converted to SVG in Inkscape
I have a MATLAB script that produces figures in eps format. I attempted to import into Scribus but got a fatal error. Instead I imported into InkScape first to convert to SVG (no problem there), but ...
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Inkscape - Gradients and saving as vector graphics
I have a vector eps plot on which I add gradient shade in Inkscape. However, when I save as eps again, the gradient part of the plot is pixelated.
Does anyone has solution for this, that is to save a ...
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Change Default Save as EPS options
I need a little bit of help regarding "save as .eps" file -
I want the Custom transparency vector balance to be 0 always, when saving as .eps.
kindly find image below, I am Using Illustrator CS6
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How to use EPS to build graphs in Illustrator?
I have never made graphs before in Illustrator, but I have an incoming project where I will have to make a variety of different graphs based on large quantities of numerical data that I will be given. ...
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How can I edit this specific .eps file into a transparent image on photoshop?
I'm kinda new with Photoshop so please bear with me.
I found this .eps file on freepik that I want to use for personal use.
I opened the .eps file on Illustrator and everything looked fine there, ...
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