EPS and Quark problem

flogen

Hey,
I have a pretty large picture which I've saved in PS as an EPS, with a clipping path around it so the background doesn't appear in quark.
When I put it into quark, all works perfectly except the picture is extremely pixelated. It's a high quality image so I can't figure why this is happening at all, the save settings are as follows:
TIFF 8bits/pixel
JPEG (max quality)
All other options deselected.

The EPS looks well in PS, but not in quark. Is it just the way it renders on the screen or will it print like this too. It's not something I do very often so I'd appreciate any pointers on getting it right, for a big college project due in soon!

Thanks

frodo_dcu

only one to find out do a test print of the page

boidey

I think that quark uses a low res version for displaying imported images, it may be possible to change the display dpi under the application preferences. Is it possible for you to print/export the file as a PDF to check the output. Hope this helps

flogen

I'm not sure if I'll be able to do a proper test print, but I'll try.
I should be able to make a PDF too.

Thanks

flogen

The only output I could get was to save it as an EPS. It looks fine, but is this a fair way to judge the end result?

boidey

I think it depend on what you use to open/view the eps, I think adobe have an online pdf creator you can try & afaik photoshop 7+ does.

DadaKopf

You're looking at the TIFF preview. The real file is high res.

Gr1f

When saving the eps file in photoshop save with JPEG Preview. If your document is gonna end up as a PDF you can save with JPEG encoding also (smaller image sizes)