EPS Preview

Why are my eps files sometimes showing up in the preview as the image and sometimes as the eps icon, randomly?

It's true, and alway has been. I think (not very well however) that this has something to do with EPS versions over the years where previews were added and standards changed and applications created bad EPS. It's also not well supported in the world today, as even Preview won't "save as" EPS anymore. Well, that's my hunch.

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  • EPS Preview format in AI CS4

    I was just told by Filemaker tech support that, as of CS4, Illustrator saves the Mac format EPS files with a TIFF preview (same as PC) rather than the PICT format preview that has been around since Illustrator 1.0.
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    unpocoloco wrote:
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  • EPS previews gone

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  • Preview in Illustrator EPS

    I cannot get a preview in Illustrator eps but I can get one in Illustrator.ai. How come? Thanks.

    >I typically click on the saved file ( in list view ) and see a thumbnail of the file in Illustrator.
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  • EPS files with PICT preview do not preview in Applications

    I have upgraded from Mac OS 10.4.8 to 10.4.9. I used to place EPS files that have a PICT preview in the resource in Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator does not show the PICT preview anymore. I notice that other applications such as Resorcerer, etc. also don't show the EPS preview. So, I guess that there is an issue with the OS since the upgrade.
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    Further investigation proofs that if the PICT in the resource fork is bigger than 1024 Kb, that applications don't show the preview in 10.4.9. 10.4.8 is not a problem.
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  • How to get the EPS Option Format?

    I need to find out the saved eps option format that is "TIFF (8 bit color)" or TIFF (Black & White) which showed in EPS Option dialog window. I have attached the screen shot for your review. Kindly advise me how to get this information with out opening the file in illustrator.
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    An interesting question. According to the EPSF 3.0 file specification (which can be downloaded here), the 30-byte header right at the beginning of the file only identifies basic type, size, and address of the preview, You can tell whether there is any preview at all, and, in the case of the Windows (DOS) EPS binary file header, whether the preview format is WMF or TIFF. Unfortunately, I don't see any way to differentiate between 8-bit and b/w TIFF previews.
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  • How to utilize old EPS files?

    I have old encapsulated postscript files that I thought were eternal, and I can't open them for viewing or inserting into documents. 
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