V9 vs EPS3 vs Win2000

I have PSP 8.10 and Windows 2000 SP4.

PSP won't open certain files created with Photoshop.  Here's a little bit of
hte header of the file I need to open:

%!PS-Adobe-3.1 EPSF-3.0
%%Title: Letterhead1.ai
%%Creator: Adobe Illustrator(R) 11
%%AI8_CreatorVersion: 11.0.0

Will PSP 9 open this?  Will PSP 9 run on WIndows 2000?  I can't get PSP X2
because that requires XP or later.

Thanks

D Brown wrote:
> I have PSP 8.10 and Windows 2000 SP4.
>
> PSP won't open certain files created with Photoshop.  Here's a little
> bit of hte header of the file I need to open:
>
> %!PS-Adobe-3.1 EPSF-3.0
> %%Title: Letterhead1.ai
> %%Creator: Adobe Illustrator(R) 11
> %%AI8_CreatorVersion: 11.0.0
>
> Will PSP 9 open this?

Yes, but not as a vector image. EPS can contain both vector and raster 
graphics, but is basically a vector format. PSP will convert it to a raster 
bitmap when you open it.
To get the best out of an EPS file, and to edit it and retain the benefits 
of a vector image, you would need to use a vector graphics editor such as 
Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW.

> Will PSP 9 run on WIndows 2000?

Yes. Versions up to PSPP XI will run on Windows 2000. (I've heard that X2 
works too, but it's not officially supported. It may be just a rumour as 
well, or it may not run perfectly... I haven't tried it).
It might take a little work to track down a legal copy of an older version 
of PSP, but they do exist.


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