Convert EPS to AI

What is EPS file?

[ ⏩ ] EPS file extension

What is AI file?

The AI file extension is used as a native file format in Adobe Illustrator. It contains vector graphics, text, bitmap images, and other elements that can be used in various editing sessions. The AI file format is platform independent and widely adopted as an industry standard for publishing data. [ ⏩ ] AI file extension

How to convert the file from EPS to AI?

To successfully convert the EPS file to AI, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.EPS). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case AI (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than AI).

What is a file conversion?

A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. EPS to AI. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.

Program for converting EPS files to AI files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension AI, while before this step we had the EPS file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new AI file, or not.

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