Help with an EPS File in PSD CS3

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akam001

Discussion Starter · May 2, 2012

Customer gave me a EPS file of what he would like to have printed. I have done PDS files with no problems at all.

Here is my problem because this is an EPS file and not a PSD file I am not able to alter the file at all. Like color changes I want all of the back areas in the file to be 100% black so that I can print it on one transparancy.

Am I able to do this with an EPS file?

I tried to attach the file but its telling me that some kind of security token is missing

any other ideas?

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dazzabling

· #2 · May 2, 2012

The .eps file is a vector file that when opened I am sure you notice Photoshop converting it to a raster image.
Once, it does this then it becomes compressed and you no longer have a vector file.

You can take the .eps file into Illustrator and change the colors and make changes or even export it out as an uncompressed .psd file so you can work with it in Photoshop.

But, you won't be able to separate it once it is compressed unless you know how to do separations in Photoshop.

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akam001

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 2, 2012

dazzabling said:
The .eps file is a vector file that when opened I am sure you notice Photoshop converting it to a raster image.
Once, it does this then it becomes compressed and you no longer have a vector file.

You can take the .eps file into Illustrator and change the colors and make changes or even export it out as an uncompressed .psd file so you can work with it in Photoshop.

But, you won't be able to separate it once it is compressed unless you know how to do separations in Photoshop.

Actually no it is not a vector file I tried to open it in illustrator because that is what I am most familiar with since it's so close to my flexisign program. When I open the file in photoshop it does not convert it to a raster image. That must be my problem the file is probably compressed right? Any thoughts?

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ProSeparatorNJ

· #4 · May 3, 2012

Is it a DCS file? That can cause some confusion if you aren't experienced with that file type. The extension is .eps, but it is not an ordinary vector file.

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akam001

Discussion Starter · #5 · May 3, 2012

ProSeparatorNJ said:
Is it a DCS file? That can cause some confusion if you aren't experienced with that file type. The extension is .eps, but it is not an ordinary vector file.

I don't think so, I looked in properties and it said that it was an EPS file.

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ProSeparatorNJ

· #6 · May 3, 2012

A DCS file will say that it is an eps if you look at the file properties so it could still be a DCS. Illustrator won't open a DCS Photoshop will. Those are the clues I'm going by. There's also the possibility of a "photoshop eps" file. The last clue is if the file is looking like it's 4 times the size it should be. If that's the case, then it's highly likely to be a DCS. Photoshop is the natural program to open it but Indesign and Quark will also import a DCS.

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ProSeparatorNJ

· #7 · May 3, 2012

A DCS file is an old school file type that was used for Photoshop separations. It's obsolete now. A pdf or even a standard Photoshop psd will do the same at 1/4 the file size.

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InkedApparel

· #8 · May 3, 2012

the file was probably saved from Illustrator as a eps but the person who built the image probably used jpg's to put the images together.....so they thought it was going to be a vector file because it was saved in Illustrator....just because you save something in Illustrator doesnt mean it is truely a vector image....

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