What is an .EPS file?
An EPS (encapsulated post script) file is an electronic file containing an image (logo) and is the specified format required for artwork. All lines, dots, surfaces and colors in an eps file are vectorized, meaning that their position and properties (color, shape, etc.) are fixed by mathematical values. EPS files can easily be edited and are the best raw material for creating a product artwork.
EPS stands for Encapsulated PostScript. EPS is a standard file format for importing and exporting graphics and formatted text. Many page-layout applications, word-processing applications, and illustration applications have features that allow you to create (export) EPS files and use (import) EPS files. The Adobe Acrobat software also allows you to create EPS files. An EPS file usually has a filename extension of .eps or .epsf. Sample filenames for EPS files are: myfile.eps myfile.epsf An EPS file is a PostScript file, but an EPS file has some special characteristics that a “regular” PostScript file does not have. Some of the most important special characteristics are: • An EPS file always describes the appearance of a single page – never more than one page. • The information in an EPS file is structured in a way that allows an importing application to discover the size and shape of the page described in the EPS file. An importing application needs to know the size and shape of the page
.eps (Encapsulated Post-Script) files encode images as vectors (lines) defined geometrically instead of as pixels (dots). The advantage of these images is that they can be scaled up or down without loss of image quality. Simple graphics such as clip art or logos are best saved as .eps format. There is no advantage, however, to saving photographs this way as they use pixels.
