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Help, file generated by newer version

mosignman

New Member
I have cs2 and cannot open an .eps file, it was generated by a newer version. I tried to place the art in Illy but it is just a blank box and when I drag it into the program it does the same thing. Is there any other way I can open this? I saw on a different post to drag it in Illy and "embed" but there is no window that opens up or anything where I can select "embed", just a blank box as the image is opened. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
Brian
 

Fred Weiss

Merchant Member
Open the file in WordPad or any text editor and determine if it truly is an Illustrator EPS. If it is then it will have a mostly plain text header on it that names the application that created it. My educated guess is that you have been given an EPS made in Photoshop or some other application that isn't a vector EPS. Or, you may have been given a different format that someone has renamed the extension.

What happens if you try to open it in Photoshop?
 

Malkin

New Member
When we get these, we open them in Acrobat, and re-save as a pdf, then open or place pdf in Illustrator.
 
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