srikrishnanR Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Hi, I need to convert normal eps to eps with preview. is this possible in Affinity Designer 2.5.3? regards, Srikrishnan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 It's possible in V1 at least/already. Perhaps you need to make sure that the option Affinity > Settings > General > "Save thumbnail with document" is activated. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srikrishnanR Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 Hi, Already in my version of Affinity Designer 2.5.3. above setting is enabled. eventhough eps preview is not enbled in eps, which was save as using affinity. regards, Srikrishnan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 2 minutes ago, srikrishnanR said: which was save as using affinity. If you really mean that you used File > Save As in Affinity Designer, that would not give you an EPS file. It would give you a .afdesign file. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srikrishnanR Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 sorry. export Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, srikrishnanR said: sorry. export OK. As far as I know, whether an EPS will show a preview or thumbnail (which do you mean? they are different.) is entirely up to File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (macOS). I do not think that Affinity or any other application that creates the file has any control over what the file-system application displays. Also, from other articles that I see, neither Windows nor macOS show thumbnails for EPS files any more. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 42 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: OK. As far as I know, whether an EPS will show a preview or thumbnail (which do you mean? they are different.) is entirely up to File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (macOS). I do not think that Affinity or any other application that creates the file has any control over what the file-system application displays. Also, from other articles that I see, neither Windows nor macOS show thumbnails for EPS files any more. An EPS file with a preview image in Win 10 using File Exploder... There are, at least for Windows, eps file preview extensions. The preview images are just that, bitmap images separate from the vector art. Opening that eps file in an application that can read the vector data will open it else the preview image (typically low-res) is what is displayed. Typically, applications that can embed a preview image has settings as to the color depth (how many bits) are written. The above is a low-res preview image. Edit to add a thumbnail image...which I generally don't have turned on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, walt.farrell said: nor macOS show thumbnails for EPS files any more ... for macOS version later than end 2023: https://support.apple.com/108775 Before 2023 preview + thumbnail can be embedded/displayed but don't have to. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Obsolete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikrishnan Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Hi All, Just for your information, about my case here i have explained in detail. whenever i save as an eps file in Adobe Illustrator using the below setting it show the eps image content in the typesetting software as in the second image of the below screenshot, whereas even it is enabled in Affinity Designer as "Affinity > Settings > General > "Save thumbnail with document" while doing "sample.afdesign", it shows as per in the first image of the below screenshot, if i create pdf from this source file, both images are displayed in the pdf. Typesetting software screenshot: adobe acrobat pdf screenshot for the above file: I hope above i have explained in detail about my concern. if anything unclear, i am ready to explain further. regards, Srikrishnan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Obsolete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 4 hours ago, Srikrishnan said: it show the eps image content in the typesetting software (…) (…) both images are displayed in the pdf. Each of the two screenshots seems to show two images. If the red/blue image is the contents of the .eps, what does the other image show? Or are both images the contents of the .eps while the typesetting software displays a preview for only one and shows the other as rectangle with diagonals? When you talk about "preview" what do you mean: The file's thumbnail – or a more detailed preview that may get displayed by an app that does not read the 'postscript' contents of the .eps? – In macOS "thumbnail" and "preview" can be different, as shown in my screenshots above. – What operating system do you use? Where in the interface does the "typesetting" software display the result of your screenshot, e.g. in a dialog window, or after opening the .eps, or …? However, compared to the PDF result it appears not to show the full .eps contents but a low resolution pixel image only (e.g. thumbnail or preview). It would be helpful if you did not crop the screenshots so much but also show the area of the software interface. It may make it more clear what we look at. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 6 hours ago, Srikrishnan said: whenever i save as an eps file in Adobe Illustrator using the below setting That setting creates a .eps file which contains a .ai file within it, and I think it's the .ai file which is being previewed, not the EPS. Affinity apps do not embed .ai files in the EPS files they create. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 3 hours ago, walt.farrell said: That setting creates a .eps file which contains a .ai file within it, and I think it's the .ai file which is being previewed, not the EPS. ... The .eps file created above using those settings does embed an .ai file within it, but the 8-bit color preview setting does, in fact, embed an 8-bit .tiff file as well. So there are, using those setting, in fact 3 types of formats contained in a single file. The below capture from FE is a thumbnail for a CorelDraw created .eps that includes an 8-bit tiff preview image. No .cdr in the file (though the .cdr is also in that screen capture). It would be good if the Affinity applications did include options for preview images for use outside the Affinity application eco system. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Obsolete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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srikrishnanR Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 thanks for your response and sorry for making you misunderstanding and your time. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Obsolete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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