LizardTrading Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 ARG!! has anyone found a solution to this EPS problem???? I bought an EPS from shutterstock with lots of layers...and on both Affinity designer and Photo--it opens as a MESS....I've looked thorough so many forums for answers....But all I find is that lots of problem lane having this problem..How has affinity not solved this yet! Has anyone come up with a work around??? I am losing my mind. (Mac) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 ARG!! Please do not post the same content multiple times or if you think you posted it in a wrong forum, ask a moderator to move / hide your post. To your post: In these cases where ADesigner is not able to open an EPS, the EPS contains portions of AI or non-EPS-standard elements. A workaround would be - for now - opening / editing the document in an other application like e.g. Inkscape / trials of Adobe applications. I guess Adobe sells licences / code to allow other applications to import (EPS) AI without problems. If Serif (and others) do not want or are not able to do so, they have to do reverse engineering which is naturally always faulty. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardTrading Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Sorry I posted twice. In some forums, it is the only way to get answers. Thanks for letting me know. So.....if I open in Inkspace, can I then export it as an EPS and be ok?? Or a different file?Thanks so much for your help! And also, it is extremely frustrating that Affinity upfront about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Inkscape offers various formats. See attached image. Since Inkscape is free you can test without pressure if it works for you. Maybe not nice of me: If it does not work with Inkscape install a trial of AI, do your corrections and save in various formats like AI, EPS, PDF. I know this is frustrating, Adobe is standard, so they can "dictate the market" with their file formats / features. Perhaps shutterstock and sorts will offer native .afdesign files as well one day? Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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