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May 26, 2011

P: Please make the "Rasterize EPS Format" dialogue box remember the last used settings

  • May 26, 2011
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Please, Please, Please make the "Rasterize EPS Format" dialogue box remember the last used settings. CS3 did this, then CS4 didn't. I was hoping CS5 would have rectified this issue. This would save me LOTS of time. Thanks.

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kevink30777614
Participating Frequently
December 10, 2014
Why has this been moved to Ideas? It ́s not an idea, it ́s a mandatory fix. I have already posted in this thread. 3 Months ago, this thread is 4 years old. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! An idea is something like - hey it would be nice to have this and this... I chatted with the support, i phoned the support, i sent in a bug report, and nothing happend. In this thread, my request is doomed to be forgotten. Are you guys serios about this? Adobe claims to be the industry standard when it comes to processing images. We have to deal with industry standards as well, and our files need a certain treatment. And for that case, we need Photoshop to work the way it did for several years.
I can ́t use the workaround that was postet by Carlo Notarianni.
First of, we work on PC ́s and second - opening or dragging a file onto a script to perform an operation in Photoshop won ́t save me any clicks, nor run in an automation. If it would be possible to record an action in Photoshop that could somehow work, but it ́s not. As soon as you have the "open" command in the action, you can pick a file , and then the dialogbox pops up. So you have to enter the values manually. The only way to record the dialogbox settings, is to include the filename and url. So when you run the action, the same file gets opened every time. This is pointless.
If the develeopers could just send me the registry values that set it to 200dpi greyscale, i could patch my registry. That would do it. But the current situation breaks the workflow of a whole department. we have a constant flow of eps files that need to be processed quickly. everything worked fine up to CS3.
kevink30777614
Participating Frequently
December 9, 2014
Why has this been moved to Ideas? It ́s not an idea, it ́s a mandatory fix. I have already posted in this thread. 3 Months ago, this thread is 4 years old. THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

An idea something like - hey it would be nice to have this and this... I chatted with the support, i phoned the support, i sent in a bug report, and nothing happend. In this thread, my request is doomed to be forgotten. Are you guys serios about this? Adobe claims to be the industry standard when it comes to processing images. So please tell me : why do you fcuk the customers by changing things to the worse. And even more, don ́t respond or try to fix serious problems. We paid quite some money here, and if you want to get the same amount of money from us year after year, then you better start working on that issue. If this is not getting fixed, i ́ll cancel all the licences. 4 Years!!! FOUR DAMNED YEARS! we have to deal with industry standards as well, and our files need a certain treatment.

I can ́t use the workaround that was postet by Carlo Notarianni. First of, we work on PC ́s and second - opening or dragging a file onto a script to perform an operation in Photoshop won ́t save me any clicks, nor run in an automation.

If it would be possible to record an action in Photoshop that could somehow work, but it ́s not. As soon as you have the "open" command in the action, you can pick a file , and then the dialogbox pops up. So you have to enter the values manually. The only way to record the dialogbax settings, is to include the filename and url. So when you run the action, the same file gets opened every time. This is pointless.

If the develeopers could just send me the registry values that set it to 200dpi greyscale, i could patch my registry. That would do it.
But the current situation breaks the workflow of a whole department. we have a constant flow of eps files that need to be processed quickly. everything worked fine up to CS3.
kevink30777614
Participating Frequently
December 9, 2014


EPS Import parameters always fall back to default ->breaks automation, results in 100+ hours of worktime a month.

In CS3, the values entered in the "Import EPS Box" stayed the same after you put them in once. This is crucial for a streamlined workflow. Now the settings get always re-settet to a default value and have to be manually changed for each file. Make it work like in CS3 that the values are kept, or add an option to switch between auto-reset and user defined values, that stays in permanently.

After our department switched to cc14, 8 people are suffering from this useless behavior. The extra time it takes now, to manually adjust the import option adds up to 100+ hours in a month. Not acceptable.
Inspiring
December 9, 2014
THANK YOU!!! This works brilliantly!
Inspiring
September 20, 2014

I solved the problem using a script written by me.

To solve the problem on the Mac platform I created a droplet app using AppeScript. Each file (or folder) dragged on it will be opened and rasterized in Photoshop (CMYK Mode). Then will be saved in TIFF format in a single layer (flat).
Of course you can modify the script. For example if you prefer to rasterize in RGB mode (and/or) to save a layered tiff.

You can download the script ready to use at the following address:
http://goo.gl/0wU1wK

I am attaching here the source of the script:

(**
==============================
Rasterize eps files (or ai and pdf too)
in Photoshop at 300 DPI to flat tiff
(c) 2014 Carlo Notarianni
Drag and Drop eps (or ai, or pdf) onto droplet
the file(s) will be rasterized
into 300 DPI CMYK Flat TIFF
==============================
**)

on open draggedItems
global itemsConverted
set itemsConverted to 0
repeat with theItem in draggedItems
my ConvertAnyEPSfile(theItem)
end repeat
end open

on ConvertAnyEPSfile(theItem)
tell application "Finder"
local fileType
try
set fileType to file type of theItem
on error
set fileType to "folder"
end try

if fileType is "folder" then
set childItems to (every item of theItem)
repeat with childItem in childItems
my ConvertAnyEPSfile(childItem)
end repeat
else
my convertFile(theItem)
end if
end tell
end ConvertAnyEPSfile

on convertFile(theFile)
local weblocPath, urlPath, theURL, cmd
global itemsConverted

--- Process only eps, .ai and .pdf files
set FilenameExtention to getExtensionName(theFile as text) of me

set ProcessThisFile to false
repeat with validEnd in {"eps", "ai", "pdf"}
if FilenameExtention = (validEnd as text) then
set ProcessThisFile to true
exit repeat
end if
end repeat

(** OK ... the same thing written above can be written in a more simple old way ... but if you have more than 3 extensions ...
if FilenameExtention = "eps" or FilenameExtention = "ai" or FilenameExtention = "pdf" then
set ProcessThisFile to true
end if
**)

set myFilePath to (theFile as text)

if ProcessThisFile then -- Found .eps, or .ai,or .pdf extensions

if FilenameExtention is "eps" then
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
activate
open file myFilePath as EPS with options {class:EPS open options, mode:CMYK, resolution:300, use antialias:true, constrain proportions:true}
end tell
else
-- In case of .ai or .pdf files...
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
activate
open file myFilePath as PDF with options {class:PDF open options, mode:CMYK, resolution:300, use antialias:true, constrain proportions:true}
end tell
end if

--
--- The file was rasterized. Now Photoshop can save .tif file
-- First we have to create a "Filename".tif empty container in the same
-- container of the source
-- (the .tif file have to exist before to save...)
set myFilePath to theFile as text
set myFilePathTIF to my getBaseName(myFilePath) & ".tif" --- Change extension's to tif
do shell script "touch " & (quoted form of POSIX path of (myFilePathTIF)) --- Create empty .tif files container

-- OK Finally Photoshop can save and close the .tif file
--The process now is complete for this file. Hurra!
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
set OutputOptions to {class:TIFF save options, embed color profile:true, image compression:LZW, byte order:IBM PC, save layers:false, save spot colors:true}
save current document in file myFilePathTIF as TIFF with options OutputOptions appending no extension without copying
close current document saving no
end tell
end if
end convertFile

-- Returns the document name without extension (if present)
on getBaseName(fName)
set baseName to fName
repeat with idx from 1 to (length of fName)
if (item idx of fName = ".") then
set baseName to (items 1 thru (idx - 1) of fName) as string
end if
end repeat

return baseName
end getBaseName

-- Returns the document extension's (if present)
on getExtensionName(fName)
set ExtensionName to ""
if fName = "." then return ""
set FileNameLenght to (length of fName)
-- if FileNameLenght < 2 then return ""
repeat with idx from (FileNameLenght) to 1 by -1
if (item idx of fName = ".") and idx ≠ FileNameLenght then
set ExtensionName to (items (idx + 1) thru FileNameLenght) of fName as string
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
if ExtensionName ends with "." then return ""

return ExtensionName
end getExtensionName

kevink30777614
Participating Frequently
September 11, 2014
Fix this please ASAP, or provide a script that enters a registery key to desired values. We switched from CS3 to Adobe CC yesterday, and now 4 peole can ́t work properly because of this. and it ́s known since Version 5? Como on, you gotta be kidding me.
Participant
August 8, 2012
Hi! The follow bug I found:

Photoshop CS6 doesn't remember values of EPS rasterizing

Example:

I have 2 eps files that I want to import in Photoshop CS6.

1. Take file_01 & bring it to CS6
2. Diaalog window "Rasterize EPS format" appears
3. Enter the value of dpi, foe example - 300 dpi
4. Ok

continue:

5. Now I'm trying to import second eps file_02 to CS6 by the same way
6. When window "Rasterize EPS format" appears there is a "default" value of dpi - 72 dpi

Tested on 2 computers: PC & notebook with Win 7 64-bit, Photoshop CS6 Extended 64 bit - Problem is on both.

In fact, CS6 doesn't remember previous entered values (dpi, color mode etc) .

There is no such problem in CS3 - CS3 remember previous values. In CS6 that bug makes work real uncomfortable....

Hope for improvements in cs6.1 updates

Participant
August 8, 2012
Yes! I agree, the same problem left in CS6, & nobody wants to reply or improve this bug. I wrote about this in follow topic:

http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...

Don't know why to do so in new programm version that should bring only advanteges....not regress & make difficults & uncomfortable working 😞
Inspiring
December 29, 2011
As others have noted, this used to work properly up through CS3. This regression makes life much more difficult for me, as I frequently have to open large numbers of EPS files exported by some unix software I rely upon.
Inspiring
October 12, 2011
Photoshop cs5 eps file has not shown resolution in content pallete of adobe bridge cs5.5. But Photoshop cs4 eps file's resolution is showing in adobe bridge cs5.5.