Poor EPS quality in photoshop CS2 and illustrator

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Mar 11, 2006
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Hi,
Here is some background info. I am making ads for customers using photoshop CS2 and illustrator CS2 on my PC. I save the files as .pdf and send it to the customers to get approved for print. The software we use to print the books, only accepts .eps ads. I rasterize the image in photoshop, then convert it to an .eps in illustrator. I have another program, GSview, to view the EPS after i converted it.

Here is the problem. The EPS file is very poor quality compared to the photoshop and .pdf files. The colors are the wrong hue, and the text looks bad. Is there any way to make the .eps files look more like the originals? I have been browsing this group, and some people are saying that the .eps looks different in print, than on the screen. Is this true?

Here is the really big problem. If i send the customers one ad, then when the book is printed it turns out in different colors…. well they won’t be happy.

Thanks,
David

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Mar 11, 2006
"Spears" wrote in message
Hi,
Here is some background info. I am making ads for customers using photoshop CS2 and illustrator CS2 on my PC. I save the files as .pdf and send it to the customers to get approved for print.

Save them as their native form, then save a separate as .PDF to send to the customers.

The software we
use to print the books, only accepts .eps ads. I rasterize the image in photoshop, then convert it to an .eps in illustrator.

If you have an image made in illustrator, then save as EPS from illustrator. Your photoshop image can be saved directly in EPS as well. It is crazy to rasterize an Illustrator file then change it to EPS.

Here is the problem. The EPS file is very poor quality compared to the photoshop and .pdf files.

I’m not surprised.
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Spears
Mar 11, 2006
Save them as their native form, then save a separate as .PDF to send to the customers.

Sry if i wasn’t clear. I have two copies, a .psd and .pdf. I send the ..pdf to the customers.

If you have an image made in illustrator, then save as EPS from illustrator. Your photoshop image can be saved directly in EPS as well.

The illustrator EPS is better quality than the photoshop EPS, i think that is because photoshop is better for images, not text.

It is crazy to rasterize an Illustrator file then change it to EPS.

So are you saying don’t rasterize, just save it???
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Tacit
Mar 11, 2006
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"Spears" wrote:

Here is some background info. I am making ads for customers using photoshop CS2 and illustrator CS2 on my PC. I save the files as .pdf and send it to the customers to get approved for print. The software we use to print the books, only accepts .eps ads. I rasterize the image in photoshop, then convert it to an .eps in illustrator. I have another program, GSview, to view the EPS after i converted it.

Here is the problem. The EPS file is very poor quality compared to the photoshop and .pdf files. The colors are the wrong hue, and the text looks bad. Is there any way to make the .eps files look more like the originals?

Yes. **DO NOT RASTERIZE IT***.

Create your ad in Illustrator. Save the Illustrator document as an EPS. You’re done.


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