Why does Photoshop not open this EPS file (while Illustrator does)?

[patrickvanhoeijen]

Photoshop CC 2018, Windows

File I try to open is attached (436800.eps)

I would like to attach this file here, this is not possible? So please ask me for the file.

This is the error message shown; when I open same file in Illustrator, it opens without a problem.

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Patrick.

[Akash Sharma]

Thanks for sharing the file Patrick.

Here's what I found:

• Open the directly in Photoshop> No go

• Open directly in Illustrator, save as .AI, open in Photoshop fine. Looks like an file specific issue. Does that happen with other files too?

~Akash

[G_Hoffmann]

This file had been created 04/10/93 using Illustrator 5 and 6 components (see appendix).

It can be rasterized by Photoshop CS2, but not by CS6 (error: unable to parse)

Nothing newer available here!

It can be opened by Illustrator CS2 or CS6, with or without font update.

It can be previewed in high quality by InDesign CS2, but not by CS6 (error: limitcheck).

A test by PSAlter (PostScript Editor and Analyzer) indicates a couple of font problems.

Ignoring these, a preview is possible. All fonts are embedded.

With respect to the age of this file, a transformation into a newer version is highly

recommended!

Best regards --Gernot Hoffmann

%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0

%%Creator: Andes Plotprogram

%%BoundingBox: 0 0 250 250

%%HiResBoundingBox: 0 0 250 250

%%Plotlim: 0 0 8820 8820

%%DocumentProcessColors: Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

%%DocumentFonts: Courier

%%+ Helvetica

%%+ Helvetica-Bold

%%+ ArialMT

%%DocumentSuppliedFonts: Courier

%%+ Helvetica

%%+ Helvetica-Bold

%%+ ArialMT

%%DocumentSuppliedResources: procset Adobe_level2_AI5 1.2 0

%%+ procset Adobe_typography_AI5 1.0 1

%%+ procset Adobe_ColorImage_AI6 1.3 0

%%+ procset Adobe_Illustrator_AI5 1.3 0

%%+ procset Adobe_cshow 2.0 8

%%+ procset Adobe_shading_AI8 1.0 0

%AI5_FileFormat 4.0

%AI3_ColorUsage: Color

%AI7_ImageSettings: 0

%%CMYKProcessColor: 1 1 1 1 ([Registration])

%%AI6_ColorSeparationSet: 1 1 (AI6 Default Color Separation Set)

%%+ Options: 1 16 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4

%%+ PPD: 1 21 0 0 60 45 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ()

%AI3_DocumentPreview: Header

%AI5_ArtSize: 1296 1296

%AI5_ArtFlags: 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

%AI5_TargetResolution: 800

%AI5_NumLayers: 1

%%PageOrigin:0 0

%%EndComments

%%BeginProlog

%%BeginResource: procset Adobe_level2_AI5 1.2 0

%%Title: (Adobe Illustrator (R) Version 5.0 Level 2 Emulation)

%%Version: 1.2 0

%%CreationDate: (04/10/93) ()

%%Copyright: ((C) 1987-1996 Adobe Systems Incorporated All Rights Reserved)

...

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[Mohit Goyal]

Hi all,

Take a look at the following article to move designs between Photoshop and Illustrator for different workflow that suits your design objectives: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/move-designs-between-photoshop-illustrator.html

Also, if you are looking to work with Illustrator design in Photoshop? See this: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/use-illustrator-artwork-in-photoshop.html

Hope it helps.

Thanks,

Mohit