> One reason for the ubiquity of EPS files in DTP is there is another DTP > application which historically had poor support for TIFF and other > bitmap image files, but does have good support for EPS import. So, many > DTP users habitually create EPS files from bitmap images from Photoshop > or others.
It's also still useful when you need a clipping path embedded in an image. We use EPS images a LOT here for that reason. Does TIFF support embedded clipping paths? I expect that Quark wouldn't be able to use it even if the file format did support it, of course :-( Craig Ringer
