Color photo becomes black and white on import

[Axhill]

Affinity Publisher 2: In a project, I use an EPS frame from a clipart collection.
When I place this frame, I convert it to a Picture Frame and import a color photo into it. However that is placed as black and white.
What am I doing wrong?

[walt.farrell]

It would help to see a screenshot, @Axhill, showing the problem, and including the Layers panel with the Picture Frame layer expanded.

[Axhill]

It seems to be due to the way the EPS files are saved in the clipart collection. Some frames do show a color image after import and some frames actually show a black and white image. 

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, Axhill said:

It seems to be due to the way the EPS files are saved in the clipart collection. Some frames do show a color image after import and some frames actually show a black and white image. 

Without the information I requested I won't be able to offer any suggestions.

[Axhill]

will this do?

[thomaso]

On 8/30/2023 at 10:13 PM, Axhill said:

I use an EPS frame from a clipart collection.
When I place this frame, I convert it to a Picture Frame and import a color photo into it. However that is placed as black and white.

Can you show the "color" of this clipart photo? – Your screenshot appears to indicate you did place a grayscale object:

What colour space is displayed as currently selected in the "Document Setup…" of the "Embedded Document"?

If it's Grayscale, what do you get if you change this to RGB or CMYK?

[v_kyr]

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[iconoclast]

My suspect is, that the clipart is in greyscales. So if you open it and insert a photo into that document, the photo will be in greyscales too, because it is in a greyscale document. Simply convert the document to RGB before you insert the photo, and it should keep its colours.

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, Axhill said:

will this do?

Thanks, but I'm still a bit confused. 

You said you had an EPS you'd converted to a Picture Frame. But there is no sign of a Picture Frame in your screenshots. 

However, I agree with the other posters that you seen to be working in a grayscale document, which would certainly cause that problem.

But I'm also confused that only some EPS files demonstrate the problem. Perhaps whatever issue causes Affinity to make an EPS grayscale is more complicated than I understand.