Weird white lines with EPS file format

[daffy37]

I have download vector from paid Shutterstock account in EPS format. Already in thumbnail in Finder I have noticed that "background layer" is white and it shouldn't be. After opening that EPS with Affinity designer it didn't had white "background layer" anymore but it did have weird white lines over that "background layer". If you zoom in in that attached image you will see ti. I attached video from Affinity designer as well. 

After searching online for clues, best answer I found was from Reddit:
"Unfortunately, most stock pages offer "adobe EPS"-files (AI-EPS), which include stuff beyond the EPS standards. So, depending on the EPS file, some import flawlessly and some just have proprietary features implemented, which Affinity can't render.
"Illustrator EPS" are very often "cheating". They provide only a (small) pixelated preview, with full native and proprietary AI file format for the real image embedded.
That's also a problem the other way round. A lot of stock pages reject EPS files when created in Affinity, because they expect some features embedded in "AI's way"."

Is that true? Is there is something I can to about it? Do you know if there is any Affinity friendly stock photography website that large collection of photographs and vectors?

[Andy05]

That was me replying over there at reddit. Unfortunately, especially when it comes to having gradients in EPS files, the stock pages are way too much focused on Adobe's methods of how to implement them. 

[Dan C]

Hi @jandorn,

On 4/15/2021 at 8:18 PM, jandorn said:

Is that true? Is there is something I can to about it? 

Unfortunately so, between EPS files from stock sites being .Ai files hidden within a 'EPS wrapper' and Affinity Designer not supporting all the same features as Illustrator currently (such as mesh gradients) there is not much that can be done to change the way these EPS files load in Affinity, my apologies.

On 4/15/2021 at 8:18 PM, jandorn said:

Do you know if there is any Affinity friendly stock photography website that large collection of photographs and vectors?

I recommend starting in our Resources section of the forums, many of our kind forum regulars and users alike share free vector resources for other Affinity users -

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/11-resources/

Such as:

I hope this helps 

[StuartRc]

After Participating in the Artstation Challenge (Lightbox Expo-Box of Mystery) last year I built a tool for creating 'weird' background skies using vectors...it is in the resources section...see if it helps!

 

[Graham Clark]

My client has provided me with 20 vector graphics as files in the EPS format. When I open them in Affinity Publisher 2 I see a grid of thin white lines across some sections of the graphics. I need to find some way of removing the white lines so that I can use the vector graphics I've been given. Is there a workaround for this?

New CETC Image 33.eps New CETC Image 34.eps New CETC Image 35.eps

[firstdefence]

Best format would be Adobe PDF, EPS isn't the best format to get into Affinity. Had to open these in Illustrator and export them out as Adobe PDF.

New CETC Image 34 copy.pdf

New CETC Image 35 copy.pdf

New CETC Image 33 copy.pdf

[firstdefence]

As a fix instead of just converting to Adobe PDF You will notice the lines are formed because there is a grid of squares in a group with a mask, if you select all of the squares underneath the mask, you can Geometry: Add them together thus removing the lines. (Layer > Geometry > Add)

[Graham Clark]

Thank you, firstdefence. Your suggested fix worked perfectly. In my defence (pun intended), I'm not a graphic designer. I'm a learning experience designer. Again, thanks, firstdefence. 

[firstdefence]

7 hours ago, Graham Clark said:

Thank you, firstdefence. Your suggested fix worked perfectly. In my defence (pun intended), I'm not a graphic designer. I'm a learning experience designer. Again, thanks, firstdefence. 

Glad to help Graham.