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In article <1992Dec31.192119.10098@utoday.com>, billma@utoday.com (Bill
Mallon) wrote:
>     I've recently installed Aldus FreeHand 3.1 on my IIfx, System 7.1, creating 
> graphics for export to Quark and other apps. When I 'Export...' as an EPS file, it 
> can be imported to other FreeHand files, Illustrator files, Quark pages, etc. with 
> no problem. 
>     However, if I try to open the EPS file in Adobe Photoshop, it looks like a 
> Salvadore Dali rendition of my graphic: text and pieces of the illustration are 
> either missing, randomly scattered about or distorted into new shapes.
>     My FreeHand 2.0 never gave me this problem. Anyone know why this is 
> happening, and/or how to stop it?

Adobe Photoshop is designed to manipulate pixel-based
(resolution-dependent) images, as opposed to "vector"-based
(resolution-independent) artwork. Version 2.0 added the ability to
rasterize Adobe Illustrator artwork upon import. This means that it
converts the artwork described in an Adobe Illustrator file to pixels that
Adobe Photoshop can use. It is not designed to rasterize Aldus Freehand EPS
(vector-based) artwork.

Freehand EPS files use some commands that are different than those in an
Illustrator file; these are not supported by Adobe Photoshop. Some text
from Freehand, for example, will disappear because text is implemented
differently from Adobe Illustrator. Files from newer versions of Freehand
cause more problems because they contain more commands that are specific to
Freehand and not Adobe Illustrator.

Adobe Photoshop probably should display an error message when attempting to
open a non-pixel-based, non-Illustrator EPS file. You've found a loophole
that will not be reliable and that you should use only at your own risk.

For better results, you can use a file format converter such as Altsys EPS
Exchange to convert Freehand files to Adobe Illustrator format before
opening with Adobe Photoshop.

If you have more questions, please feel free to call Adobe Customer Support
at (415) 961-0911.
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Ed Svoboda	(svoboda@mv.us.adobe.com)
Product Support Engineer
Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View, CA