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 You say EPS is obsolete, but how else can you create a vector file with a transparent background when imported into InDesign?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

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Hi @LauraFig

Two things:

Illustrator files are transparent by default, but confirm that yours does not have a white rectangle as the bottom object. Check the layers panel if necessary.
When you place the file into InDesign, use Show Options. You can do this with the Checkbox in the dialog or this way:
File > Place > Select the Illustrator file > Hold down Shift and keep it down as you click Open
In the Show Options dialog there is a checkbox to show transparency.

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Jane

Jane,

"I'm on my iPad now with my morning coffee,"

It seems that the iPad (size) is underestimated; and be careful if you put the tumbler down, lest it tumbles.

Sorry, it was stronger than I.

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