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Issue exporting all-white vector image as an EPS

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August 5, 2021
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I'm having issues exporting an all-white vector image as an EPS.

This is a process I do very often at work when creating versions of logos in black and white, and I usually just save a copy of the artboards as an individual EPS file for compatibility. However, when I try to export the EPS files are coming out as blank.

I tried opening them in photoshop and I am also just getting a blank artboard. I tried doing the overprint solution I saw in a couple of posts where you uncheck the box, but that didn't help. I also uninstalled and re-installed the program just in case it was a glitch of some sort, but the problem continues. Anyone have any ideas how to solve this?

For reference these are my export settings for the EPS file, and I am using Illustrator 2021.

Correct answer Kathrin88

Yup. You have Overprint turned on on your White type objects (probably because it had been turned on when the logo was originally Black, which is usually what one would want with Black). (Window > Attributes)

Uncheck that box, resave, and you should be fine.

Thanks a million!!
It worked :))

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

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If you place one in InDesign on top of a dark background, does it work?

As far as PS, there's a current bug in Photoshop 22.4.3 where it will only open the low-res preview of EPS files. Try open it again, but select Generic EPS as the Format in the File Open dialog. Does that change anything?

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Kathrin88

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I have exactly the same problem as described here, just now for the first time - and no, it doesn't show when placed on a dark background in Indesign, in my case only parts of it. In Photoshop the same part is missing. No idea yet on how to solve this.
Not sure if it's part of the problem, but the part that's musding is the vectorized type, the lineart illustration is there. Frustrating, there's no logic reason I can see.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

We're not talking about white elements being set to Overprint?

Seeing something can actually help.

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jdanek

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You might also Save As > Copy ( the copied version would be Black, which could then be converted to White later on ).

berns_amAuthor

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Thanks, I tried saving as a copy, but the same things happens. I do have a verison of the file in EPS in black but for my work purposes it is required that we hand-off both black and white versions.

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jdanek

Inspiring

If it is White, then it would be hard to see. Why not just Save As > EPS? Why Export? Is it because you are rasterizing ( Photoshop EPS )?

berns_amAuthor

Participant

I am saving as EPS as shown by the screenshot of the settings which only appear when saving a file as EPS. And no, I am not rasterizing, I do need the file to stay as vectors.

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