Joschi1980 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Hello everyone I have a problem and the printing company we work with wants an EPS file from me. He is using Photoshop and cannot open the file properly. He can't process it any further. How can I save the EPS in Affinity Designer so that it is compatible with Photoshop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Is there any reasoning why they would want to use EPS via Photoshop, of all things? (Back in the day, the main reason to use EPS in that context were e.g. duotone images which we would create in Photoshop. But Affinity is not compatible with duotone at all – sadly – although there are workarounds.) Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Obsolete. ATP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderings Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 What is it you are looking to get printed? I have been in print for many years and would never ask for an EPS made from Photoshop of all places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Obsolete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joschi1980 Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Thank you for your answers, I was able to solve it myself. If I put a png file of it in inscape and save it, it will also be displayed correctly in Photoshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderings Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 hour ago, Joschi1980 said: Thank you for your answers, I was able to solve it myself. If I put a png file of it in inscape and save it, it will also be displayed correctly in Photoshop If they just need a raster file I would recommend sticking with Jpeg and making sure it is CMYK. I am sure there will be no major issues but a PNG will still have to be converted to CMYK for printing, and depending on the software that is doing the converting it will convert differently. If not colour critical then no issues, though if you are picky and want some sort of idea of the colour shift always good to do this first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joschi1980 Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 So would it be better to take a JPG file instead of a png? I don't know if the file has to have a Raster. It's supposed to be an EPS file only mine from Affinity it can't open properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joschi1980 Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Asked more specifically, should I better convert a JPG file at Inscape and not the PNG file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 You want to export as lossless and color accurate as only possible. Neither PNG nor JPEG are good options. If they want to rasterize your design for print using Photoshop, you may as well send them a PDF. Photoshop can handle that just fine. What kind of print is it going to be anyway? (This all sounds like a "last millenium workflow" to me… ) Komatös 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderings Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 4 hours ago, loukash said: You want to export as lossless and color accurate as only possible. Neither PNG nor JPEG are good options. I agree, though if you have to choose one jpeg can at least be saved as CMYK whereas a PNG file can only be RGB and will always have to be converted again to CMYK. 15 hours ago, Joschi1980 said: So would it be better to take a JPG file instead of a png? I don't know if the file has to have a Raster. It's supposed to be an EPS file only mine from Affinity it can't open properly. A jpeg is better in my opinion if saved as a CMYK jpeg, otherwise you are going through the same process as a PNG. If your artwork is original vector then as loukash said a PDF would be better as it retains the vector elements and resolution is no longer an issue. I would be curious to know what the print shop is using if they can't handle PDF's/vector files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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