Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS2 - EPS and DCS Files

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
Bleed Places only the area that represents where all page content should be clipped, if a bleed area is present. This
information is useful if the page is being output in a production environment. Note that the printed page may include
page marks that fall outside the bleed area.
Media Places the area that represents the physical paper size of the original PDF document (for example, the dimen-
sions of an A4 sheet of paper), including page marks.
See also
“To place (import) files” on page 325
Importing monotone, duotone, and tritone images from Adobe PDF files
When you import artwork from an Adobe PDF file, it’s possible to introduce data that you can’t create within
Illustrator. This is called non-native art and includes monotone, duotone, and tritone images. You can also generate
non-native art within Illustrator by attempting to preserve spot colors when applying the Flatten Transparency
command.
Illustrator’s ability to preserve non-native art is useful in many situations. For example, Illustrator maintains the spot
color information in linked PDF files when you output color separations.
By default, non-native art is labeled <Non-Native Art> in the Layers and Appearance palettes. You can select, move,
save, and perform basic transformations (such as scaling, rotating, or skewing) on non-native art. However, you
cannot select and edit its individual components. In addition, you must rasterize non-native art before editing it with
the liquify tools. To convert non-native art to an Illustrator object, choose Object > Rasterize.
See also
“Importing Adobe PDF files” on page 330
“To rasterize a vector object” on page 437
EPS and DCS files
Importing EPS files
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) is a popular file format for transferring vector artwork between applications. You can
bring artwork from EPS files into Illustrator using the Open command, the Place command, the Paste command,
and the drag-and-drop feature.
Keep the following in mind when working with EPS artwork:
• When you open or embed an EPS file that was created in another application, Illustrator converts all objects to
native Illustrator objects. However, if the file contains data that Illustrator doesn’t recognize, some loss of data may
occur. As a result, unless you need to edit the individual objects in an EPS file, it’s best to link to the file rather than
open or embed it.
• EPS format does not support transparency; therefore, it is not a good choice for placing transparent artwork from
other applications into Illustrator. Instead, use PDF 1.4 format for this purpose.