Live transparency. Clipping paths are so 2001.
Bob
Travis,
Just delete superfluous content (or better, use a layer mask since that is editable) in Photoshop and save as PSD. When the .PSD is placed in Illustrator, the transparency will be respected.
Whereas a clipping path only allows hard-edged selections, using Photoshop’s transparency will allow soft-edged selections such as drop shadows, and translucency effects to be output from Illustrator.
I am getting the same error in CS3 (updated to 10.0.1) when saving localy, a JPG file just copied manualy to my PC straight from the camera (no Lightroom, no anything else), and then when I wish to save it as PSD (layers, paths). I never had any problems with PS v7.
To me, it is obviously that this is a pure PS CS error since if I insist on trying to save it, in most cases, after several retries (and errors reported), it will be saved!
And, each time this fails, I get a ~ps1E0.tmp file in my working folder.
Hi Bob,
I am one of the designers here experiencing .eps problems. It seems that you might know something that I don’t, so I hope you don’t mind if I pick your brain a little bit. Here are the current specifications of our design world.
* Photo library of 400-500 .eps images. Single image in each file. Clipping path in each file (for instance around a telephone cord) We are intersted in crispy vector edges
* When using the images in InDesign, we have roughly 30 images per page, linked. We are aware that .tiffs can be used in InDesign that respect transparencies
* When using images in Illustrator, we use up to 12 images per file. We tend not to embed incase we make a change to the original image. Illustrator does not seem to support .tiffs.
My question to you is if clipping paths are antiquated, what other formats should we be looking at to save on our network that can be supported in InDesign, Illustrator and Flash without needing to have 3 different copies in the photo library for each application?
Thank you much for your guidance and Happy New Year.
Lelynn
I’m an expert in InDesign but not Illustrator and certainly not Flash.
InDesign can use TIF, PSD, or PDF if you need transparency. I think you’d be better off taking this over to the Illy forum if you need info on those programs.
Of course, none of this explains the error messages.
Bob
