Xavvi Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Hello, I've just downloaded an eps file from Shutterstock. I've opened it in Affinity Designer expecting to be able to pull apart all of the layers, but it looks like it's been flattened and cut into squares. I can't edit the layers individually, I can only drag the squares about. I asked Shutterstock about this and they said it's because I'm using Affinity. Is there a way to import this so I can access the individual layers? I would upload the file here but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share it. So here's what it looks like for me: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted May 9, 2022 Staff Share Posted May 9, 2022 Hi @Xavvi, Sorry to see you're having trouble! I can confirm this is due to the type of 'EPS' file that sites like Shutterstock use, unfortunately they are simply '.Ai' (Adobe Illustrator) files in an EPS wrapper, and Affinity is unable to read the proprietary information in the .Ai file. More information regarding this can be found here - I hope this clears things up Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavvi Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 Thanks @Dan C. That's a shame. I'll see if it's possible to get a PDF from them. Thank you for the speedy reply. Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrio Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 How to fix this problem? Every eps files I loaded from stock website cannot open correctly in affinity design, its cut in square images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 32 minutes ago, Barrio said: How to fix this problem? Every eps files I loaded from stock website cannot open correctly in affinity design, its cut in square images. Unfortunately, there is nothing you or Serif can do here. Since the content providers use Adobe's file formats throughout, there are some limitations for other software vendors, since Adopay uses an undocumented data area for e.g. filters, effects and other settings. The same is true for Corel. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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