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
#1
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?
#2
Saeid,
Unfortunately, only when saved from Adobe Illustrator, not from Photoshop
#3
My Illustrator EPS files (Illustrator 9, Win2k) have thumbnails, dunno about EPS files generated by PS.
Waldo
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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
#4
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 ((-:
#5
"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?
:o)
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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
#7
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.
#8
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
#9
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
#10
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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