EPS format doesn’t display thumbnail

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momtahan
Sep 16, 2003
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Hi you’al. I’m in the process of buying a PC to do all my PS work. Upto now I’ve been using a Mac. But with the new processor speed of PCs I find it practical to use a PC now. The only problem I have encountered is that when i save my files in EPS format the thumnail I get is a generic Adobe thumbnail. Is there a way to save the image thumbnail when saving in EPS on PCs?

Thanks..Saeid
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Phosphor
Sep 16, 2003
You have bigger issues at work here than worrying about EPS previews. Are you ppresently Windows-savvy? If not, why in the world would you move from a Mac to a PC? Processer speed is pretty much a moot point. Price is a return-on-investment factor that Apple hardware ALWAYS wins.

Disregarding any OS usabilty issues, you’ll need to pay for platform crossgrades for your software. Graphics files are almost ALL platform-agnostic, so there are no worries there. Is this because a company you work for is dictating your move from Mac to PC? If so, they’re idiots who haven’t done enough bean-counting research. Full Stop. I’ll not argue nor make apologies for so brash and bold a claim.

What-in-the-hell are they/you thinking?
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LenHewitt
Sep 16, 2003
Saeid,

Unfortunately, only when saved from Adobe Illustrator, not from Photoshop
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Waldo
Sep 18, 2003
My Illustrator EPS files (Illustrator 9, Win2k) have thumbnails, dunno about EPS files generated by PS.

Waldo

"momtahan" wrote in message
Hi you’al. I’m in the process of buying a PC to do all my PS work. Upto
now I’ve been using a Mac. But with the new processor speed of PCs I find it practical to use a PC now. The only problem I have encountered is that when i save my files in EPS format the thumnail I get is a generic Adobe thumbnail. Is there a way to save the image thumbnail when saving in EPS on PCs?
Thanks..Saeid
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momtahan
Sep 20, 2003
Ofcourse it’s a bit of the money issue. I have been using an iMac 400 for about 4 years now. But with the size of the files growing I want to upgrade. My wife has a 2.4 GH PC and on 150 MB files it flies. At around a third of the cost for a new G5 I don’t mind switching to a PC. I also like the fact that I can use the rightclick on the mouse in PC. It speeds things up cosiderably. Add to that the fact that a lot of my work goes on the internet and since 97% of people have PCs it makes sense to design and view everything on a PC. I think that might answer your question about WHY I’m switching.

So how about my question about the EPS format thumbnails? Do you know anything about that or are you a MAc user just browsing PC related threads for no reason ((-:
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Phosphor
Sep 20, 2003
"I also like the fact that I can use the rightclick on the mouse in PC. It speeds things up cosiderably. Add to that the fact that a lot of my work goes on the internet and since 97% of people have PCs it makes sense to design and view everything on a PC."
Oh boy…..Want some ketchup with that can of worms?

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Gernot Hoffmann
Sep 20, 2003
EPS standards are defined by PostScript. The embedded thumbnail is mostly a TIFF. If the program offers a thumbnail (print as EPS to file), then it´s embedded according to the standards (or wrong). Has nothing to do with operating systems.

Best regards –Gernot Hoffmann
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momtahan
Sep 22, 2003
I do my web design on the Mac, cause i have the software on the Mac. But invariably when I upload the page and have a look on the PC it looks different. The spacing between the images, the font sizes, the tables, everything looks different. So yes, it does make sense to design a web site on the PC, to me anyway. Unless you’re anexpert web site designer or HTML savvy, which I’m not. But I do make a living from photography and selling my images through my web sites.

Could you leave my thread alone and go somewhere else? and take your bottle of ketchup with you.
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momtahan
Sep 22, 2003
Gernot,
thanks for your reply. Whenever i save an image as EPS, I do specify that I want to save the thumnail in TIFF format. But still it doesn’t display it.

Best..Saeid
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Gernot Hoffmann
Sep 22, 2003
Saeid,

I have tried by PhS6.0/PC to save a raster image as PhS EPS. The option "Thumbnail" is grayed out, but in the further work flow (next menue) I can choose preview bit or byte TIFF (or so, means gray or color).
Clicking on the file name shows the preview as expected.

For a single raster image saving as ASCII EPS doesn´t make much sense though. Some people use this file format to prevent the image from any further color manage- ment.

Best regards –Gernot Hoffmann
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momtahan
Sep 26, 2003
Gernot, thanks again for your help. I will try what you said. but i think i have ddecided to stay with mac and get a new one afterall. But since i do a lot of work on PC as well, what you have said will help me alot. Thanks again..SAeid

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