Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-09 Thread Mike Wickham
FrameMaker is an old program and EPS is an old all-purpose kind of format. It acts as an envelope for both vector and bitmap graphics, without automatically converting vector to bitmap. If you want maximum resolution on printing press, vector is preferable for line drawings because it is

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-09 Thread Craig Ede
Adobe Illustrator will open eps easily and allow you to save as a variety of formats. Best to save as .ai to have a good source file to work with, but your target file can be any number of things. It's easiest if you stay with the same source/target (you can't "lose" the source then). Craig

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-09 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't like to give people bad advice, especially when it involves giving a big chunk of money to Adobe or Microsoft. On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Writer wrote: > Lately, every time I'm tempted to waste brain cells pondering why people do > stuff the way they do, I go

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-09 Thread Writer
Lately, every time I'm tempted to waste brain cells pondering why people do stuff the way they do, I go have a beer instead. I've been learning a lot about beer lately. Nadine From: Robert Lauriston To: "framers@lists.frameusers.com"

Re: [Framers] Saving custom ruling and shading

2016-09-09 Thread Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp
Hi Nancy, You can not save custom ruling and shading in a table format. You have to set the ruling and shading in the Table designer. Or did you do that? Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Wim Hooghwinkel ___ This message is from the Framers

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-09 Thread Robert Lauriston
If the source is in EPS and you don't have the originals, or the EPS files were created by somebody who thought that was a reasonable source format, that explains the odd requirement. It's kind of like having only PDFs and not the original source. On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Tammy Van

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-09 Thread Tammy Van Boening
Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die. Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com TammyVB *AT* spectrumwritingllc *DOT* com -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc@lists.frameusers.com]

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-09 Thread Tammy Van Boening
I am on the same page - I need to be able to work with an EPS source and then convert to something else, which is why I was asking about the correct tools. Thanks all! TVB Tammy Van Boening Owner/Principal Spectrum Writing, LLC www.spectrumwritingllc.com TammyVB *AT* spectrumwritingllc *DOT*

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-09 Thread Robert Lauriston
I'm still wondering why EPS is a requirement. That's not normally a source format, and as an exported format there's not usually no reason to prefer it to alternatives. On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 6:32 AM, Tammy Van Boening wrote: > Thanks All. I purchased a legal

Re: [Framers] OT: Adobe Tool Question

2016-09-09 Thread Art Campbell
I'd also agree with this -- I'd open the EPS in Photoshop or Acrobat and save as a PDF. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson