Usually when we browse the Internet looking for visual content, either for an image we want to make or to include content on our blog or on our Facebook or Instagram work page we always end up in an image bank .
In these we will surely find a lot of excellent graphic content to work with, but there is a small detail, most of these files are in EPS format and you will surely wonder how do I do to work in these?
If you want to know how to open and access the contents of an EPS file, what are the best programs to view, edit and even create visual content with this format you should read this full article.
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What is it and what files with extension are used for. EPS?
Encapsulated PostScript or EPS, is a graphic file transfer format, This type of extension is responsible for providing different design software and illustrations with the inclusion of graphic information, which in this specific case it’s about vectors.
Figures in EPS format do not support transparency and are rather solid, this because it is a plane of points and edges joined in binary information, different from what a common image could be which is handled with pixels.
Because of the nature of the vectors these can be modified in size without altering the visual quality, this is why the importance of EPS files for all graphic designers.
How to open and view .EPS files on smartphones or computers?
If you work on image design, you may want to know how to open an EPS file in different operating systems. No doubt there are many formats and tools to execute them, but Are they really functional? In this section we will detail the best ones that exist. It should be noted that these focus on brand logos and Internet images.
On Windows PC
The best way to open a file is to use the program of its origin, such as Adobe Illustrator , which is native and is excellent for working on.
From our point of view and from our own experience, the best way to open an EPS after Adobe Illustrator is with Corel Draw, all you have to do is open the program and then in a new document in the top bar press « Import».
- We will locate the EPS file and then import it. That will make us get a message like this, we will leave it as it is here.
- Later we choose exactly in where to paste it .
- Ready, we will have our vectors to work and modify as we want.
With online tools
Another way to visualize the information contained in an EPS is with an online converter, since you may have difficulty getting Adobe Illustrator. Then for free we can convert our EPS extension to the image form of our preference with this page Epsconverter.com
It is very easy to convert all we have to do is load the file, select the format and size and we can even select whether it will have a white background or not. Even in Microsoft Word it is possible to view them and include them in our documents, but it is not possible to edit them.
On Mac computers
On Mac the process is similar, although the document can be viewed by the default viewer of Apple it cannot be edited, because EPS files are created by Adobe Systems .
So only can we open them in almost any Adobe program like Acrobat, Photoshop and finally the native Illustrator, with which we recommend opening them to work better.
On Mac it is also possible to use the converter that we mentioned above and it can also be viewed with Microsoft Word and all Windows options.
On Android mobile phones
In Android the process is much simpler but a little more limited, since we do not have Adobe Illustrator so we cannot edit the files in EPS format perfectly. We can only do some changes with Photoshop, but you should know that saving will change from EPS to any other image format.
We can visualize them with Acrobat too, but the best app for this activity is EPS File Viewer. It can also be used with the Epsconverter.com converter and then if in another format just display.
On iPhone devices with iOS
On iOS devices we have fewer viewing options that include those already seen on Android, but a highly recommended method to add is to convert the EPS file to PDF with which it can be viewed correctly on any device included in iOS.
For this we only have to access this page, Zamzar.com where we will then have to upload the file, select the change format and place our mail and wait for the conversion.
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Corel Draw
It is a professional vector design software specialized in drawing, which presents endless functions for the design of logos, advertisements, banners, web and print designs. This is nothing more than a tool in an entire suite that includes even architectural design such as CorelCAD, and of course it is fully compatible with files in EPS format.
Photoshop
Photoshop is raster graphics editing software, which is used mostly for the perfection of images, whose main feature is its system of layers to structure them and thus be able to Play until you find the desired result. Although it is fully compatible with EPS files, is not native, so we can open and modify them but when it is saved the format is changed to another image format.
Inkscape
This software is open source and is available for Windows and Mac . Although it does not have such an intuitive interface, it is good for plotting bitmaps to vector, the possibility of importing .ai and other files. Its disadvantage is that it does not have CMYK color, so if you want to create parts to print, it will not work for you.
Gravit
This vector drawing tool is free and does not need to be downloaded, which means you can use it online, you just need to register to create a user account on it. In it you have the opportunity to create drawings and import and edit existing .SVG or .EPS file extensions.