Newbie question: placing Illustrator .ai or .eps file in InDesign

I have an Illustrator file consisting of text which has been converted to outlines. When I place either the .eps or .ai version of the file in a new InDesign document, the text is composed of blocky pixels which make it not only unaesthetic but also unreadable. My goal is to place it so that it looks like it does in Illustrator and is resizeable as a vector. This is my first shot at using InDesign so I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, I just can't figure out what. I would appreciate any help. Thanks!

You likely are just looking at the low res proxy image. It is to keep the layout peppy.
View > Display Performance
or right click any image and go to Display Performance to adjust it individually. Can be set globally too in preference.
Hope that works for.

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Ask in the AI forum and include proper details about your export settings and your artwork. EPS parsing errors usually mean you chose an unsuitable combination of settings and/or the embedded previews are botched.
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Is it ok in the long run to placing a RGB photoshop eps file into a Illustrator CS2 CMYK color mode

Is it ok in the long run to placing a RGB photoshop eps file into a Illustrator CS2 CMYK color mode document ?
I am using windows XP with Adobe Creative suite 2.
In both Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2 have the same color settings.
If I take a RGB file that was created in Photoshop CS2 and place this file in a CMYK color mode document in Illustrator CS2, does this cause a problem for the output of the document ?
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>Is it ok in the long run to placing a RGB photoshop eps file into a Illustrator CS2 CMYK color mode document ?
Please explain why you would do such a thing? (Why RGB, and why EPS.)
>If I take a RGB file that was created in Photoshop CS2 and place this file in a CMYK color mode document in Illustrator CS2, does this cause a problem for the output of the document ?
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You are working in CMYK mode presumably because your Illustrator document is destined for output on a PostScript device -- e.g., a printing press. That means that your RGB image will undergo a space conversion somewhere in the process, and the questions are when and how?
The issue is compounded by the fact that Illustrator ignores color profiles embedded in EPS files by Photoshop. (Just another reason not to use EPS.)
By performing the conversion yourself in Photoshop, you take control of the process and ensure predictable color.

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How do I open a .eps file in InDesign CC. When I try there is an error message saying that the file cannot be opened "Adobe InDesign may not support the file format, a plug-in that supports the file format may be missing , or the file may be open in another application".

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Questions regarding: 1) Photoshop and Illustrator softwares 2) .eps file formats.

I'm using a DELL PC running Win7. I have Adobe Photoshop CS (i.e. the first CS version from 2003).
I do not yet have Adobe Illustrator.
I'm creating images for a science publication. It includes graphs, chemical structures, color photos of lab
equipment. I use ChemBioDraw (Cambridgesoft, http://scistore.cambridgesoft.com) to draw chemical
structures and schematics. I've been using MS Powerpoint to draw graphs, make composites of photos, label
panels, and add annotation.
1) The publishing company wants line drawings to be in .eps format. I can copy and paste ChemBioDraw
and Powerpoint figures into Photoshop and then save them in .eps format. They look identical to me when in
.eps format. Will this be suitable for publication?
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4) My coauthor has sent me some .eps line drawings. When I open them with Photoshop there is a gray and
white checkerboard pattern in the background. I believe this is because the background layer has been
eliminated (the image is in layer 1). Can such a file be opened in a way that the background is solid white?
5) Is there a Windows-compatible software for viewing .eps files that is simpler than Photoshop or Illustrator (i.e. no editing
function)?
Thanks,
Thomas C.

1) No. Photoshop does not create true vector files. Anyone asking for an EPS more than likely wants a true vector EPS file.
2) No way of telling without seeing the results. But it could be perfectly normal. Increased file size in an EPS does not automatically mean there is a problem.
3) Illustrator is a drawing tool. The tools in Illustrator are designed for object-oriented vector drawing. In many respects they are better than Photoshop's tools for those type of projects. And No, you can not edit photographs easily with Illustrator. While you can include photos or raster items within an Illustrator file, Illustrator is not inherently designed to edit iamges at a pixel level.
4) Just add a new layer and fill it with white (or whatever color). Vector EPS files have no background.
5) If you have Photoshop or Illustrator you have Bridge. You can view files in Bridge. I wouldn't know of any other Windows software. It may exist, I simply wouldn't know.

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EPS files in InDesign CS5/CC

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Perhaps its to do with your preferences for displaying?
Go to Edit>Preferences and the Display Performance
Set "Vectors" to the middle in the sliders.
In your document go to View>Display Performance and pick the Typical setting
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>1.) Can .DWG files be converted directly to PDFs?
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More and more, I find myself saving FH files in EPS format
and importing to InDesign when I need to create a PDF file. But
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noticeably different from the colors in FH. Does anyone know if
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> More and more, I find myself saving FH files in EPS
format and importing to
> InDesign when I need to create a PDF file. But when I
do, the color in the
> InDesign document (and the PDF) are noticeably different
from the colors in FH.
> Does anyone know if this is a FH issue, an ID issue, or
something else?
To my experience InDesign and Acrobat are more reliable in
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fairly close match.
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Can you remove XMP data from .eps files in Illustrator-CS5.5?

Background:
I'm using font software called Typetool 3 and Illustrator CS5.5.
I am using these on Windows 7, 64 bit.
This is entry level font software released by Fontlab.
This software accepts artwork through the .eps file format in both theory and practice.
However: it refuses illustrator CS5.5 .eps files.
When I looked at this I came up with two highly interesting things: First- CS5.5 illustrator files are roughly 13 times the size of CS5 files, of this type (a simple font glyph-comparing a 29-30 kbfile to a 420-450 kb file in cs5 and cs5.5 respectively).
Thing two came from looking at what that data was (by opening it in a text editor). It appears that some of the data XMP data, illustrators data for tracking things like who created the file, copyright, and other. In document info many of these fields were blank. I'm sure this isn't the only issue because my exported xmp data is 64 kb large, but it does account for a chunk of the file.
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The technical question being:Can the file be saved in a manner which will allow it to be exported from adobe CS5.5 and imported into Typetool 3?
Things I've tried:
In saving .eps file: removing document headers, previews, color data, saving as different versions of the language. Basically saving it without all settings.
In saving .ai file: saving without any settings checked (without compression, pdf editting, ect.) and saving it to a different level of illustrator.
I do not know enough about postscript programming to navigate the file or remove the offending data. Nor do I have time to do this over multiple glyphs.
As a matter of opinion I do not like that my software is including potentially identifying information (which is one of the intents of XMP data, to provide identification) without notifying the creator, let alone allowing me to keep it from doing that. I would not mind or bother-except for the fact its messed up an established workflow. If someone editted this data without my knowledge, say with a virus or heaven forbid manually, it would be also be bothersome. Having a check that identifies that I am sending this data out would give me something to know if this situation was in fact happening. Additionally for a situation like mine-communication between programs in a closed environment where no other users are involved, its unnecessary and wasteful... like putting gold rims on what is intended to be an oxcart.
I'm planning on going to Fontlab for later this week, as it is as much thier issue as it is Adobe's. From what I know XMP is both a useful and popular technology- having a workaround for this situation seems like it would be a good idea. If necessary I can attach some working files for comparision.

I would save it as EPS (version Illustrator 3). This should be compatible to almost any software that takes EPS.

CS3 EPS files placed in Quark don't print????

Hello -
Been fighting some issues on CS3 over the last few months. It seems that I have a problem with placing EPS files from CS3 into Quark and successfully getting a printout. My Specs:
Mac 10.5.6, G4, 1GB RAM, Illustrator CS3 (13.0.2), Quark 7.5, HP Color Laserjet 4500.
Now, if I go to print a document with "Tiled" output from Quark, I can only have 1 CS3 EPS placed in the file, anything over 1 results in a Tile for the first page, but no second "Tile" when I should get two.
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>But I have years of legacy document
If these art not CS 3 files then you are ok correct?
The only problem you say is with CS3 is that correct?
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Question about EPS file

Hey guys, here's my perdicament and I need your guys' input/feedback on this.
I had a midterm exam today in my advanced prepress class and the question was as follows:
- An EPS file is considered a:
A) Raster file
B) Vector file
C) Metafile
I chose B (vector file) and here is the reason why: I know that an EPS file can contain vector, raster, and type data, meaning it would be a metafile but what if you were to create an EPS file with just a square box drawn and saved it? Wouldn't that make it a vector file (no raster or type data)?
What do you guys think?
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So couldn't I hold a valid argument if I was to tell my instructor that an EPS could be considered all 3: a raster file, vector file, or metafile?
No, because simply stating that a file is in EPS format tells you absolutely nothing about whether its CONTENT is raster, vector, or text. Stop kicking against the thorns. It is completely inappropriate to refer to an EPS file as a "vector file." That is one of the most common misconceptions and misuses of terminology in graphic design and it has causes untold confusion and bad practices in the trade. That is, no doubt, the very point of the test question.
If I give you a box, would you call it an artificial Christmas tree just because it may contain one?
Even the question was well-stated:
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A) Artificial Christmas tree
B) Clutch basket for a Suzuki DL1000
C) Container
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