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Title: how to add IPTC into eps 8 file?
Post by: sobm on February 22, 2011, 05:15
hello, guys:

I have some problem adding IPTC data into my EPS 8 files.
everytime when i type keywords ..etc into my file by illustrator cs4 and click ok to save it,it shows nothing when i reopen the file .how to deal with this issue,i mean when i save as ai then its ok ,i can read the IPTC data but eps don't!! ???

thanks!!
Title: Re: how to add IPTC into eps 8 file?
Post by: DiscreetDuck on February 22, 2011, 06:02
Hello,
iptc are not embedded into eps8 format.
Title: Re: how to add IPTC into eps 8 file?
Post by: jm on February 22, 2011, 06:32
Quote from: sobm on February 22, 2011, 05:15
hello, guys:

I have some problem adding IPTC data into my EPS 8 files.
everytime when i type keywords ..etc into my file by illustrator cs4 and click ok to save it,it shows nothing when i reopen the file .how to deal with this issue,i mean when i save as ai then its ok ,i can read the IPTC data but eps don't!! ???

thanks!!

Put your IPTC data to Photoshop preview file. It works for most of the agencies.
Title: Re: how to add IPTC into eps 8 file?
Post by: ThomasAmby on February 22, 2011, 07:01
Quote from: jm73 on February 22, 2011, 06:32
Quote from: sobm on February 22, 2011, 05:15
hello, guys:

I have some problem adding IPTC data into my EPS 8 files.
everytime when i type keywords ..etc into my file by illustrator cs4 and click ok to save it,it shows nothing when i reopen the file .how to deal with this issue,i mean when i save as ai then its ok ,i can read the IPTC data but eps don't!! ???

thanks!!

Put your IPTC data to Photoshop preview file. It works for most of the agencies.

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but could you please give a brief explanation on how to do this? Can you do it from Illustrator, or do you need some other software ? Photoshop ?
iSyndica used to mistakenly add IPTC data to the EPS file which resulted in rejections at some agencies and a personal note from Crestock that most of my portfolio had been removed due to corrupted files (that weren't discovered initially when the images were reviewed). Since then I haven't dared exploring IPTC options, so I keep all my keywords, descriptions and titles in seperate .txt documents which makes it a pain uploading to new agencies.
Title: Re: how to add IPTC into eps 8 file?
Post by: jm on February 22, 2011, 07:20
Quote from: ThomasAmby on February 22, 2011, 07:01
Quote from: jm73 on February 22, 2011, 06:32
Quote from: sobm on February 22, 2011, 05:15
hello, guys:

I have some problem adding IPTC data into my EPS 8 files.
everytime when i type keywords ..etc into my file by illustrator cs4 and click ok to save it,it shows nothing when i reopen the file .how to deal with this issue,i mean when i save as ai then its ok ,i can read the IPTC data but eps don't!! ???

thanks!!



Put your IPTC data to Photoshop preview file. It works for most of the agencies.

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but could you please give a brief explanation on how to do this? Can you do it from Illustrator, or do you need some other software ? Photoshop ?
iSyndica used to mistakenly add IPTC data to the EPS file which resulted in rejections at some agencies and a personal note from Crestock that most of my portfolio had been removed due to corrupted files (that weren't discovered initially when the images were reviewed). Since then I haven't dared exploring IPTC options, so I keep all my keywords, descriptions and titles in seperate .txt documents which makes it a pain uploading to new agencies.

Most of agencies take EPS10 that include IPTC data and I had never problems with it (except past glitches at SS - when saved in CS5), so I'm not 100% sure, if data are taken from illustrator file or from preview .
In fact - the only agency where I send eps8 is VectorStock - for them I export illustration directly from illustrator as JPG and IPTC data are kept. Then just crop preview in Photoshop to the required size and send it as they want with eps8 and it works. If you use "save for web" in Photoshop, don't forget to include Metadata (as default they are not included). But I have no experience with Crestock.