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eps file formats
Hi all,
Can someone tell me what the advantage of using the file format “eps” is? i use Corel Draw 10 for all my artwork at the moment (only running a camm 1) and normally create any artwork as standard “cdr” files.
Best rgds
Dave -
5 Replies
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eps is more compatible with vector drawing packages, its only really useful when your sending stuff to people or importing it into Quark or similar. If your happy working with cdr files then no need to change.
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As a seasoned ‘coreldraw’ user, eps files are not a lot of good to us guys when it comes to different file formats between applications. Apart from .cdr files which you will be using in coreldraw, you will find .ai & .cmx are much more friendly to you for import/export.
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Thanks guys.
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If you do want to work in Corel, When you import an eps use the “ps interpreted” filter in your import file box. This’ll open easily for you.
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EPS is a pretty useful format if you accept or send files to other folk , it’s a cross platform format , raster and vector based as well as being a format just about any package can import. We get files in many many formats and often find that complex files sent in Lets say freehand 10 do NOT translate well if exported as other formats (like ai or wmf) , however exporting as an EPS works very well and will import into the package we are using for the application without major problems.
For example all the logos on the “brands of the world” site are EPS files so that they are universally useable. EPS and PDF are pretty good formats when saving stuff as the both , to an extent , maintain the integrity of the graphic and dont apply any “changes” such as wierd and wonderful colour spaces or change RGB into CMYK and one has a fair amount of control when exporting.
I you do digital printing then EPS is a must as a lot of rips will allow printing directy from an EPS file .
In terms of exporting a file , the EPS format allows whomever is exporting it to set a huge amount of variables , IE like choosing wheter to send text as text or curves and how to treat bitmaps , what bitmap compression to use , whether to embed fonts etc – thus you can control the graphic that others see and all will see the same thing.
When I get EPS files sent to me , Im a LOT happier than most other formats which are somewhat unpredictable.
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