EPS levels

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torq
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EPS levels

Postby torq » Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:04 am

Hi, i have a problem: if i save in eps (a vector with levels), then open it with illustrator to check compatibility i found only one layer with all the elements grouped. There is a way to preserve levels and levels names when saving in eps?

Thanks

Ailurus
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Re: EPS levels

Postby Ailurus » Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:14 am

Hi, welcome to the forums! I assume that you mean one and the same thing with levels and layers, right?

Googling' the question resulted in this topic on the Adobe Forums.

Apparently, EPS just doesn't support layers (it's quite an old file format). Do you really need to use this file format, or could you also use something else (preferably SVG)?

vwanweb
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Re: EPS levels

Postby vwanweb » Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:11 pm

Layers are not part of the SVG 1.1 W3C specification, so there is no -standard- method of preserving Layers when moving files between Illustrator and inkscape. Inkscape's Layers implementation is simply an inkscape based (not SVG based) GROUP function enhancement.

torq
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Re: EPS levels

Postby torq » Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:01 pm

yes, layers, sorry:)

yes i need to use eps 8 or eps 10 (it's for a microstock site). I've read the article: but if i open whit illustrator an eps file created with illustrator i see the layers and their original names (for example: "lina art", "background colors" etc)...so this eps data is something bounded to illustrator only?

Thanks


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