Overprint Preview makes my placed image Black

[purrlions]

Hello,

I have an eps image built with CMYK + 1 spot color channel. It's placed and linked in an Illustrator file. When overprint preview is off, I see the image correctly, but it is pixelated as EPS files normally are. However when I turn overprint preview on, the pixelation usually goes away, and you see the true highres image. But for this image, turning overprint preview on makes the image totally black.

 

[apepp]

...if the image turns dark, then the eps has overprint information as part of the eps file...

...without seeing the artwork in question it's tricky to solve...

...is this eps from photoshop?

...if it is a photoshop eps, then spot colors in photoshop will overprint unless you knock out the spot color from the other channels...

...if it is a vector eps then the eps has been saved with overprint information on the vector elements...

...it would help greatly if you post a link to a screen shot showing before and after...

andrew

 

[eugenetyson]

It usually indicates that there some sort of blending mode or transparency going on with the image.

Check the illustrator file for such things.

I wouldn't ever use EPS where possible. From photoshop you should be saving as a PSD or TIFF, or PDF if you have vectors like text, masks, shapes etc.

And from Illustrator I would use .ai instead of EPS.

You'll get more manageable files that way.

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