Saving embedded/linked files as .EPS suddenly starts saying too large

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June 26, 2025
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"Can't save the illustration. The requested transformation would make some objects too large."

I've been saving identical and similar style .EPS files for several years now, and this is the first time I get the error. I tried saving as .EPS and .AI (with it including the linked file). I get error everytime now. The embedded/linked .tiff file is the same size as prev linked .tiff files from past few years ~1.0 Gig.

Why is Illustrator preventing me from including the linked files now?

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SoundgardenAuthor

Inspiring

I was able to find a work around (which I prefer not to use). I saved my rastered image as flat PDF instead of flat TIFF (both files IDENTICAL in file size and BOTH with ZERO compression).

I can save the .EPS with the linked PDF but not with the linked TIFF??

Using .tiffs saved as linked files has been flawless up until this week (I saved a linked .tiff last week and it worked fine).

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @Soundgarden,

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I tried replicating this behavior on my end, but could not. Could you share more details, like the version of the OS/Illustrator installed, the folder location where you are trying to save, a link to a sample file, and screenshots of the settings used after uploading them to a file-sharing service, so I can check it on my end?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

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SoundgardenAuthor

Inspiring

I'm using Adobe Illustrator ver 29.6 and Photoshop 26.6 on a Windows 11 machine with 32 GB ram, RTX A2000 12 GB.

I save the rastered image in Photoshop as a flattened .tiff file (no transparency, no compression, interleaved, IBM PC byte order). Then I place the image within my Illustrator .ai file. I then save the Illustrator file as a different file name (I tried both .eps and .ai) and told it to include linked .tiff file. This has never been an issue before. With this particular file I use, I keep updating a different 36" x 120" file that includes the rastered image (designed at 300dpi, at actual size = 1.16GB each update). Of the 60+ updates and resaves of this file with updated rastered .tiff images, I have never encountered this issue.

So far this year, I have saved 14 variations of the .eps file to the same folder.

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