EPS conversion

[Jan Il]

Hi all...

I have an .eps graphic of the new logo for the organization I work with, and
I need to be able to open it to resize it, but, so far, nothing has opened
it.

I have tried with PPT, and with CorelDraw PhotoPaint, thus far. What type
of program do I need to open this so I can work with it? I need to replace
the old one in the presentation slide show I created for them in May for an
upcoming Tech show next month.

I'd really appreciate any suggestions on this, and if I need a special
program I can save time messing with the ones I have.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

 

[Echo S]

See if Irfanview (free download) will do it, Jan.

 

[Ute Simon]

I have an .eps graphic of the new logo for the organization I work with,

and I need to be able to open it to resize it, but, so far, nothing has
opened it.

Hi Jan,

EPS works for printed slides only, it shows only the (normally bad) preview
image in slide show view. Depends on the format you want to convert them to:

- Use Adobe PhotoShop to save them as a bitmap image, e.g. PNG. Results are
better, if you don't use "Save as" but "Export for Web" and choose PNG-24
there (make sure, "Keep transparency" is set).
- Use Adobe Illustrator to get a vector format. But dont save as WMF/EMF in
Illustrator (curves will get angular instead of round), use copy&paste to
bring the image into PPT, then use "Save image as ..." there.

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Ute

Hi Jan,

EPS works for printed slides only, it shows only the (normally bad)
preview image in slide show view. Depends on the format you want to
convert them to:

- Use Adobe PhotoShop to save them as a bitmap image, e.g. PNG. Results
are better, if you don't use "Save as" but "Export for Web" and choose
PNG-24 there (make sure, "Keep transparency" is set).
- Use Adobe Illustrator to get a vector format. But dont save as WMF/EMF
in Illustrator (curves will get angular instead of round), use copy&paste
to bring the image into PPT, then use "Save image as ..." there.

Thank you. I'll give that a try.

Jan

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Echo

See if Irfanview (free download) will do it, Jan.

That seems to work ok. I never use those things, but, some people like to
be funny....

Thanks for your time and help.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Hi all...

I have an .eps graphic of the new logo for the organization I work with, and
I need to be able to open it to resize it, but, so far, nothing has
opened
it.

I have tried with PPT, and with CorelDraw PhotoPaint, thus far. What
type
of program do I need to open this so I can work with it? I need to replace
the old one in the presentation slide show I created for them in May for an
upcoming Tech show next month.

I'd really appreciate any suggestions on this, and if I need a special
program I can save time messing with the ones I have.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

 

[Echo S]

Hi Echo


That seems to work ok. I never use those things, but, some people like to
be funny....

Yes, and as Ute mentioned, you'll probably want to convert the EPS to
something else. (I usally lean toward PNG.) You should be able to do a Save
As in Irfanview to convert.

Thanks for your time and help.

Always welcome!

Echo

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi all...

I have an .eps graphic of the new logo for the organization I work with, and
I need to be able to open it to resize it, but, so far, nothing has opened
it.

Resize it in what way? As in, is there some reason why you can't insert it
into [whatever program] then drag by the corner handles to make it whatever
size it needs to be?

If not, try Corel Draw. File, Import, choose PostScript Interpreted and wail.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi Ute,

EPS works for printed slides only, it shows only the (normally bad) preview
image in slide show view.

With other applications, you can use a WMF preview image instead of the usual
(bad) TIFF in the EPS and get the best of both worlds. EPS that print
beautifully to PostScript OR non-PS and display nicely. And they're quite
size-efficient.

CorelDraw is one of the few programs that will let you add a WMF preview to an
EPS (I've got another one on my site that lets you "marry" an existing EPS and
WMF).

But PowerPoint has never worked properly with EPS files, so this trick doesn't
work very well there. Rats.

- Use Adobe Illustrator to get a vector format. But dont save as WMF/EMF in
Illustrator (curves will get angular instead of round), use copy&paste to
bring the image into PPT, then use "Save image as ..." there.

It may help to make the graphic very large in Illustrator before you
save/export as WMF/EMF. The last time I tried it, this helped a lot. It seems
to calculate the number of segments it'll break curves into based on the size
of the curve.