Clipping paths in Freehand 8.0

[two2]

Hi,
My name is Grant I work on a PC, I have created a clipping path in Photoshop,
saved it a s a EPS and seemed to have done everything properly because the file
opens in Indesgn with the clipping path but does not open properly in FREEHAND,
it comes in with a black background and prints like that.

Can anybody help me solve this problem please, I cannot solve this

Grant

[Judy Arndt]

Grant,

In Photoshop File > Export > 'Clipping paths to Illustrator'. FH can open
the AI file.

Judy Arndt

two2 wrote:

> My name is Grant I work on a PC, I have created a clipping path in Photoshop,
> saved it a s a EPS and seemed to have done everything properly because the
> file opens in Indesgn with the clipping path but does not open properly in
> FREEHAND, it comes in with a black background and prints like that.

[Ken Kehl]

This is expected behavior on the PC, and it's only a screen/preview
problem - the EPS will print fine to a PS printer, however the black
backgrounds are always distracting, and frequently cumbersome to work
with.

The workaround involves importing the clipping path into FreeHand:

[url]http://www.ellipsis.cnc.net/PSClip.html[/url]

Make sure that the TIFFs you use for your final layout are flat and
simple - no clipping paths, paths, layers or alpha channels.

You can also save your EPS files from Photoshop with a bitmap preview,
which FreeHand will display properly. Not pretty, but they are
transparent - usually excessively transparent.

Ken




On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:37:14 +0000 (UTC), "two2"
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> My name is Grant I work on a PC, I have created a clipping path in Photoshop,
> saved it a s a EPS and seemed to have done everything properly because the file
> opens in Indesgn with the clipping path but does not open properly in FREEHAND,
> it comes in with a black background and prints like that.
>
> Can anybody help me solve this problem please, I cannot solve this
>
> Grant