Using Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) is a file format used to save individual PostScript graphics. Opening EPS files When you open or place an EPS file, a dialog box asks you to choose an import method. Choose an option and click OK. Create EPSF Object Imports the EPS file as an EPS object. This object can be rotated or scaled, but you can’t select or edit parts of the graphic. Canvas displays a preview image if the file contains a pre- view in a supported format. Create Canvas Objects Interprets the EPS file’s PostScript code to convert the EPS graphic to editable Canvas objects. Raster images become Canvas paint objects and vector objects are maintained as vector objects. Text is imported as one or more text objects. The EPS preview image is not imported. Specialized objects and attributes that have no Canvas equivalent might not be imported. Place EPSF Reference Inserts a link to the EPS file and displays its preview image in the Canvas document. This option is useful for keeping the size of the Canvas file smaller than if EPS files are imported directly into the document. If you use this option, the EPS file must be available when you print the Canvas document. If the EPS file changes, the Canvas document is updated when you print it. Saving EPS files To save a file in EPS format, choose File > Save As. In the directory dialog box, select EPSF format. Select options in the dialog box that appears (described next) and click OK to save the file. When you save a Canvas document in EPS format, you could lose specialized objects and attributes that are not supported in EPS. Can- vas transparency effects are rendered and stored as images in EPS graphics, using the Transparency Rendering option and resolution that you select. EPSF Type Choose EPS to create a composite (non-separated) EPS file. Choose DCS Version 2 to create a single, pre-separated EPS file in DCS version 2.0 format. You can use a DCS file to output color sep- arations from programs that support this format.
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