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February 2, 2017
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Working with EPS

  • February 2, 2017
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I have a photo that someone did a live trace in Illustrator for me and sent it back to me as an EPS and PDF. I currently have Photoshop and Illustrator although I don't really know how to use Illustrator. The EPS file that was created for me is 300 dpi. The person said that I would be able to make it any size that I needed it to be and it would not lose resolution or pixelate. So I need to make this file larger in size (about 30 inches wide which will make it 45 inches tall) then I need to clone some of the images that are in the graphic and move them into other parts of that graphic, then I need to pull it into Photoshop and make a mural out of it. My questions are this: 1. Do I resize it in Illustrator and also move the parts around that I want to clone into other places or do I do that in Photoshop? 2. How do I actually get it into Photoshop to I create the blank canvas which will be 30 x 45 at 300 ppi and then "place" the graphic or do I just Open it in Photoshop and size it to the size I need? Any help would be MOST appreciated. I have never worked with EPS files before so that is my issue. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ANY GUIDANCE?

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    Correct answer barbara_a7746676

    1) Yes, do the resizing and moving parts around in Illustrator.

    2) Yes, create a blank canvas in Photoshop and Place the graphic. Recommend placing as smart object so that you don't loose quality. But you may not need to use Photoshop. From your description, seems like everything could be done using Illustrator.

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    barbara_a7746676
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    barbara_a7746676Community ExpertCorrect answer
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    February 3, 2017

    1) Yes, do the resizing and moving parts around in Illustrator.

    2) Yes, create a blank canvas in Photoshop and Place the graphic. Recommend placing as smart object so that you don't loose quality. But you may not need to use Photoshop. From your description, seems like everything could be done using Illustrator.

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      CharlotteMetzgerAuthor
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      February 3, 2017

      Thank you so very much for your answer. This is extremely helpful to me. The reason I need to eventually pull it in Photoshop is because I need to print it to a sublimation printer for tile murals and there is no printer driver support for vector programs. So I always have to print from Photoshop. Again that you so much

      barbara_a7746676
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      barbara_a7746676Community Expert
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      February 3, 2017

      You're welcome.

      A comment on what the person told you about the EPS file -- It's true that any parts of the EPS that are vector can be scaled without losing quality. You mentioned that the EPS includes "images", which usually implies "photographs" or anything that is bitmap. If there are bitmaps, they WILL be degraded if they are enlarged.

      You didn't mention the dimensions of the original file, only the enlarged dimensions, so it's hard to say if this will be an issue. In any case, placing as a smart object in Photoshop will preserve the original resolution of any images.

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