Illustrator EPS save options- clipping vs dimensions
Illustrator EPS save options- clipping vs dimensions
- Subject: Illustrator EPS save options- clipping vs dimensions
- From: iMP <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 02:12:41 -0700
Hi:
I have a scripted save routine that is saving simple masked shapes in
Adobe Illustrator 10. For example, the first document may have a
single small dark shape in the upper right-hand corner, and the next
a small dark shape in the lower left-hand corner. Each document has
only two objects - a colored rectangle on the bottom, and the smaller
shape on top which is a clipping mask to show the dark color of the
rectangle underneath. Everything besides the small dark shape is
supposed to be transparent.
The simple code below does make the transparent EPS files, but
somehow loses the dimensions of the original document. When placed
into a layout program, the bounding box of the EPS is considered to
be only the small shape, not the original Illustrator document
dimensions. So if I center the EPS in a picture box, the shapes
congregate in the center, instead of the corners as they are in
Illustrator.
I hope I explained that OK. Anyway, if anyone knows how to preserve
both the page dimensions and the transparency of the original
Illustrator file in a scripted EPS save, I would appreciate a clue!
Maybe it's not possible?
Thanks in advance,
L. Guy O'Rojo
--------start ([br] = opt-return)
save document in file FP as eps [br]
with options {class:EPS save options [br]
, compatibility:Illustrator 10 [br]
, PostScript: level 2}
--------stop
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