I have traced an image from a sketch in Inkscape, so the image is in "lines/curves". When I save the image as svg I got a transparent background. However, when I save the image as an eps, I get a white background behind the image (not on the whole workspace though). Why? It feels like I'm missing something obvious, but don't know what...

Delvoriah wrote:when I save the image as an eps, I get a white background behind the image (not on the whole workspace though).

Do some of the paths have reduced opacity or a fill/stroke transparency < 255? Or are some individual paths blurred or have other SVG filter effects applied? EPS (PostScript) doesn't support transparency and any objects with reduced opacity are converted to fallback bitmap (with a solid white background).

Hm... I see now when I look closely, that I unintentionally had a small transparency on a white line
Tank you!