Removing unwanted white background in .eps file

[_Rachel_D__]

Hello, I'm trying to save a logo designed in illustrator cs3 (mac) as an eps file with a transparent background. I do Save As > .eps, and then select the Tiff 8-color, Transparency options.

Unfortunately, every time I try to open the .eps file in Photoshop, it gives me an unwanted white background behind part of the logo. Any ideas on how to get rid of that white background and make the whole logo transparent?

Thank you.

[Scott Falkner]

Save as Adobe Illustrator (AI) file.

[_Rachel_D__]

Is the new standard to save logos as .ai files now? I thought they were supposed to be .eps?

[Scott Falkner]

Depends on what you'll do with them. If you're going to rasterize the artwork in Photoshop, then AI is better because it supports transparency. If you're placing in InDesign, then AI is better for hte same reason. If you're using a program that does not support AI, then PDF might be better than EPS (again: same reason). About the only justification for EPS is QuarkXPress, although the next version is supposed to offer native AI support. AFT.

[jgart123]

On a related note, what do most designers do who import such a logo provided to them as an eps when they need to place it on a colored background?

Clipping paths in Photoshop? Traces in Illustrator?
I would love to learn the preferred method!

Thanks,
D

[_techadmin]

How about if you want to use the image in PowerPoint?

[Mordy Golding]

If you want to use the image in PowerPoint, export the file in the PNG file format -- which supports transparent backgrounds.

🙂 Mordy

[_RenéG_]

>I thought they were supposed to be .eps?

"They" certainly meant Illustrator eps.

>Unfortunately, every time I try to open the .eps file in Photoshop, it gives me an unwanted white background behind part of the logo

That's normal, that's how Photoshop works; that's why it should be saved as Illustrator eps, or .ai like Scott says.

[_techadmin]

You still get the white background behind the logo even though I saved it to the PNG format.

[_tman_]

note the settings shown when you 'save as' EPS--if you select

PREVIEW
TIFF 8 bit color (then transparent is available)

if you select
Macintosh 8 bit color--NO TRANSPARENCY

using 8 bit color tiff will achieve the effect that you desite--I just tried it AI CS3 placed into INDD CS3

the only other way you'll get white background is if you are using 'raster art'

[_RenéG_]

>if you select
Macintosh 8 bit color--NO TRANSPARENCY

Wrong.

Us, Mac people use "Macintosh 8 bit color" all of the time, everyday, and transparency is available.

[erikaatDEP]

I am a Mac user and I wasn't able to have transparency until I switched my color to TIFF 8 bit.  How do you use Mac 8 bit on your system and have transparency?

[_RenéG_]

>You still get the white background behind the logo even though I saved it to the PNG format.

Not necessarily.

Your image has to have a transparent background in the first place, then if you save a PNG and you have "Transparency" checked on, you'll get a transparent PNG.