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Title: EPS size minimum problem
Post by: Ursus on June 20, 2017, 05:13:52 AM

Hello,
I would like to know, if there is any solution for my problem. I will appreciate any help.
I draw very simple black and white cartoon images made in Photoshop and auto vectorized in Inkscape. This images are sold on microstock websites. But one of agencies automatically rejects EPS files under 50KB. Many of my EPS are about 15 KB, so there is missing a lot. I already contacted the support, they send it to technical department and nothing happened. I guess they will not change the system because of me.

So my question is, if there is any easy way how to make EPS file created in Inkscape larger without changing the style, just to add there some "useless waste"? It cannot be any hidden object or anything outside the borders, no gradient or something.

Thanks in advance for any reaction.

Title: Re: EPS size minimum problem
Post by: Lazur on June 20, 2017, 06:27:20 AM

Welcome aboard!

In the svg output settings you can increase the precision of the drawing, which is supposed to add more digits.
By increasing that value, you can get a larger file.

Other option is to increase the graphical content -like adding alot of nodes, for example at every given path segment's midpoint.

Theoretically you can also add in other useless data by grouping, clipping etc.
Saving gradient defs is probably no option with eps files.

You can also add in metadata to an svg and probably any lines to your file in a text editor as marked comments, not sure how that transfers to eps.

By the way, what's your experience with microstock, or more commonly, can you reach out for customers in the graphic market?
What kind of images do you draw?

Title: Re: EPS size minimum problem
Post by: Ursus on June 20, 2017, 10:27:28 AM

Thanks for reply.
Metadata are probably not exported, but adding nodes is doing the job and its easy and fast, so I will try it. But I must do some testing, if images like this will be accepted. Thanks for help.

Well, I started few monts ago. I did some research before and it seams market is oversaturated by and prizes are low. So I decided to go with very simple images - stickman kind of images, and something on similar level of complexity. Actually draw something is easy, but to get images everywhere takes ages. So far I have about 300 images on top 10 agencies (but half of them sell almost nothing) , and few houndreds of images sold, but usual reward is $0,25 or similar, so well... its not way how to replace my usual day jobs (I'm freelancing illustrator) in next few years, maybe with some 5.000 - 10.000 images online. But thats for years. So I do it in free time between contracts, mostly because I can draw what I can. As freelancer I dont have too much of artistic freedome.

Title: Re: EPS size minimum problem
Post by: brynn on June 20, 2017, 11:27:44 AM

Welcome to the forum!

I find it strange that they have a minimum size. You'd think they'd be happy with the smallest files they can get! Is that their way of assuring a certain level of quality? It doesn't make sense! Do you know what there reason is for having that limit?

Title: Re: EPS size minimum problem
Post by: Lazur on June 20, 2017, 12:00:07 PM

Quote from: Ursus on June 20, 2017, 10:27:28 AM

Well, I started few monts ago. I did some research before and it seams market is oversaturated by and prizes are low. So I decided to go with very simple images - stickman kind of images, and something on similar level of complexity. Actually draw something is easy, but to get images everywhere takes ages. So far I have about 300 images on top 10 agencies (but half of them sell almost nothing) , and few houndreds of images sold, but usual reward is $0,25 or similar, so well... its not way how to replace my usual day jobs (I'm freelancing illustrator) in next few years, maybe with some 5.000 - 10.000 images online. But thats for years. So I do it in free time between contracts, mostly because I can draw what I can. As freelancer I dont have too much of artistic freedome.

Thank's for the info!

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Title: Re: EPS size minimum problem
Post by: Ursus on June 20, 2017, 01:46:08 PM

Quote from: brynn on June 20, 2017, 11:27:44 AM

I find it strange that they have a minimum size. You'd think they'd be happy with the smallest files they can get! Is that their way of assuring a certain level of quality? It doesn't make sense! Do you know what there reason is for having that limit?

Thanks.

I have no idea why there is this limitation. Maybe to block corrupted files?? Don't know. I think its very unusual to achieve such small files. My images are minimalistic cartoons - clean lines, no color, no shading, no hatching, converted as one object. Maybe Inkscape is more effective than Illustrator when creates smaller EPS files, and maybe other cartoonists are using Illustrator for professional work. I'm not cartoonist, I usually do raster illustrations, so I don't have Illustrator.
Noone else complains. So they don't have reason to change the system.

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Help Using Inkscape => Inkscape Beginners' Questions => Topic started by: Ursus on June 20, 2017, 05:13:52 AM