eps file format/extensions support

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March 21, 2021
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Will Adobe continue to support the .eps file format in future application software?

I have heard rumors regarding this issue and would like clarification. Thanks

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Correct answer Bill Silbert

Whether Adobe decides not to support .eps in the future is probably not as important as realizing that for all intents and purposes .eps is an obsolete format. It has not been updated since the 1990s and has never had the full integration with InDesign for imported objects that .ai or .pdf has. Is there some specific reason that you still need to use .eps?

Bill Silbert

Correct answer

Community Expert

Whether Adobe decides not to support .eps in the future is probably not as important as realizing that for all intents and purposes .eps is an obsolete format. It has not been updated since the 1990s and has never had the full integration with InDesign for imported objects that .ai or .pdf has. Is there some specific reason that you still need to use .eps?

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LauraFig

Inspiring

Hi Bill,

I have a follow-up queston to this thread, specifically in regard to logo suites that get distributed to multiple people, and it's use in InDesign (not Office). You say EPS is obsolete, but how else can you create a vector file with a transparent background when imported into InDesign? I know you could resave as a PSD, but it can't be increased in size so lacks optimal flexibility.

Thanks,

Laura

jane-e

Community Expert

Create an Illustrator file and Place the native Illustrator file into InDesign.

Jane

jane-e

Community Expert

I have not heard those rumors, but Microsoft stopped supporting EPS in Microsoft Office four years ago:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/support-for-eps-images-has-been-turned-off-in-office-a069d664-4bcf-415e-a1b5-cbb0c334a840

"Because of a security vulnerability in EPS files, Office 2019, Office 2016, Office 2013, Office 2010, and Microsoft 365 have turned off the ability to insert EPS files into Office documents. This change is effective as of the April 11, 2017, security update."

~ Jane

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Jill5C46Author

Participant

Hi Jane,

Thanks for the clarification. So the eps extention will work with Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop in the future.

jane-e

Community Expert

@Jill5C46 wrote:

\So the eps extention will work with Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop in the future.

Neither Ton nor I said that. What we said is that we had not heard those rumors and I added that Microsoft has stopped support for EPS due to unnamed security issues. As users, we do not know what Adobe will do until they announce it.

~ Jane