.EPS format ?
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- Louno
so yeah why do we use that format ? what is it used for ? im at this new studio and almost everything that was done in illustrator is saved in .eps ... and like , why? should i save stuff in .eps ? im the new guy in charge of design and i dont want to sound like a newbie ...
- brooke0
EPS files can be opened in many other applications. It's practically universal. That's one reason.
- jox0
what ^ said
- Mimio0
Why show up to work? Fuck those idiots. They should use your format.
- Bio0
eps goes between programs better than saving something in just AI or freehand or whatever. pretty much any design app can open them and any (newer) rip software can rip them without having to convert.
we have to use eps files for backlit prints. something about the rip software we use for those printers.
eps files can have multiple objects, so your vector images arent rasterized when you save it. so you can stil alter your work from different programs.
- Gorbie0
encapsulated postscript format.
It's friendly to printers, applications, color managment, and It's been around fer a long time.
There are also Photoshop EPS's aswell. They work similarly to the Illy ones, but they are raster instead of vector.
- Mimio0
How does one become a designer without knowing what an EPS format file is? This sounds like bullshit.
- BonSeff0
holy shit! good luck with all that
- Gorbie0
Dude asks a lot of pretty rudimentary questions.
I don't mind aswering. Makes me feel all smart and stuff............
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- BonSeff0
i dont understand why my rgb files look funny coming off the press.
:P
- kodap0
I usually ask for formats used concerning to print issues that I take care of. I often never give away any vectorized artwork files- they go as tiff 300dpi. so any changes can be done by me.
eps used only for exporting between applications: freehand, corel, photoshop, illustrator, quark and indesign...
blah blah blah..
- spendogg0
The new guy in charge of design, eh. it would seem you do not do print work, that would be the only excuse one would have for eps ignorance. or the last guy in charge of design is in your trunk, or you are an alien come to take over the world wide what.
- monkeyshine0
In the past year or so I've had quite a few printers request jobs as a press ready PDF...which makes me happy.
- swollenelbow0
those few printers are gay. dude come on...encapsulated post script, daddy. get with it, or get out!
what kind of question is this anyway....it threw me for a loop, seriously.
why eps?
why NOT!?
- ********0
it's like a Rex-file for Digital Art and Printing. So versatile, it's not even funny. :)
- Louno0
first of all, well yeah i dont know much about print ... so what ? im trying to learn ?
I do mostly web design , which i think im slowly getting "ok" at...
I just recently started doing print stuff...im sure for all of you its all obvious...
I think print is REALLY cool its a shame i dont know more about it , when the other design guy left , the boss was happy with my web design work i was doing for them and asked me if id like to do print also (even tho he knew i didnt had alot of knowledge), so now i have the occasion to do some work and learn print at the same time...
I have tons of questions... lots of stuff im not sure about... but yeah what was i thinking I guess ill ask somewhere else where i dont get bashed at for not knowing stuff ?
- ********0
otay
- Mimio0
okay, good bye.
- lifeinsodium0
go easy on the guy a little. just a little.
there was a time when i didnt know what EPS was either. then i offered sexual favors to Bio in return for that information. and he told me all about it. again and again and again and again...
- paulrand0
it's that time of month on nt
- monNom0
why use EPS?
because they're twice as likely to get corrupted as an AI!
KODAP:
you know, you could just convert your text/vectors to outlines... you'd still have control over edits, but your text and art would come out nice and sharp.... not to mention rich black text looks gawd-awful.