EPS File

[vabal4]

I want to add a EPS file to a project, but when I attempted to do that I got the message "This type of file is not supported, or the required codec is not installed". Any ideas?
So then I imported a TIF file but PrEl didn't maintain the transparency. Any ideas on that one?
Virginia

[momoffduty]

What program are you changing the EPS file to a TIF? Is there an option to checkbox transparency? I think that TIF files need to be 32 bit to be transparent, but not really sure. Is there an option to save as a PSD? Or a PNG?

If not, bring in the TIF and select the background using the magic wand and delete.

EDIT: I thought you were bringing the file into Photoshop Elements and not Premiere Elements hence the magic wand.

[Steve Grisetti]

EPS files from Adobe Illustrator should work in Premiere Elements, Virginia. But other EPSs do not.

If yours doesn't work, you can create a PSD file from it in Photoshop Elements. As we show you in our book, as long as you don't have a Background layer behind it (You'll know because you'll see the gray checkerboard pattern in the Photoshop file when it's open in Photo Elements) and you save it as a PSD, it will be transparent when you bring it into Premiere Elements.

[vabal4]

Thanks Cheryl and Steve. I used Photoshop CS4 to change the EPS file to a TIF and I made it transparent but when I imported to PrEl, the transparency was not maintained. I also tried importing the EPS file (which is from Adobe Illustrator) and got this message..."the requested codec is not installed". Is there a way to install it?
Finally I created a PSD file in CS4 and that worked for the transparency. Thanks!

[Chuck Engels]

Whenever possible it is best to use PSD image files in Premiere Elements

[Steve Grisetti]

Just as I explained in my post, above.

You can open the EPS in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and, as long as you don't have a background layer, when you save the file as a PSD, it will remain transparent when brought into Premiere Elements.

This will definitely NOT happen with a TIF file.

[vabal4]

PSD file works fine. That's what I'll be using from now on. Thanks.