Vector Files

[Linda Lou]

Hi everyone,
Is it possible to install, open, and use EPS or AI Files in PSP 2018? If so what is the procedure?
I've downloaded some and thought I'd better ask before I spend too much time experimenting.

[LeviFiction]

PSP will attempt to convert EPS files into a raster image. So yes they can be opened, but they will not be vectors.

The only vector formats PSP supports as vectors are EMF, WMF, and PSPImage. Technically it also supports one format from PhotoImpact but I don't remember what it is.

[ehume]

PSP will attempt to convert EPS files into a raster image. So yes they can be opened, but they will not be vectors.

The only vector formats PSP supports as vectors are EMF, WMF, and PSPImage. Technically it also supports one format from PhotoImpact but I don't remember what it is.

I've always found this interesting. Since PSP 7, I have noticed (this might also have been true for PSP 5, but I never noticed) PSP has been able to create vector objects. Yet it cannot import vector images or objects. How come?

BTW -- one can open vector images in Inkscape, which is open source and available free on the web. One can then set an object's size and export that as a PNG. PSP will edit a PNG file easily. This works. I know because I used to finish vector objects in PSP7, using Inkscape as an inermediary.

[Linda Lou]

PSP will attempt to convert EPS files into a raster image. So yes they can be opened, but they will not be vectors.

Thanks for the info. I'm hoping it will give me a prompt. I don't mind if they are raster.

If that doesn't work I'll look at Inkscape.
Agreed, ehume, I thought that since PSP creates Vectors that it would open them. Silly me!