diff --git a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/read.rs b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/read.rs
index 161407d03..432a3dd23 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/read.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/read.rs
@@ -2012,9 +2012,15 @@ impl<'a> Reader<'a> {
     /// An image of operands `vals` and samples `data`.
     fn image_from(&mut self, vals: Vec<V>, data: &[u8]) -> Result<(), String> {
         let space = self.raster.as_ref().and_then(|r| r.space.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
-        let Some(m) = vals.iter().find_map(|v| if let V::Arr(a) = v { Some(Self::nums(a)) } else { None }) else { return Ok(()) };
+        let Some(m) = vals.iter().find_map(|v| if let V::Arr(a) = v { Some(Self::nums(a)) } else { None }) else {
+            self.warn("an image VectorCraft can't read was left out");
+            return Ok(());
+        };
         let n = Self::nums(&vals);
-        let [_, _, _, _, w, h, bits, kind, alpha, _, binary, ..] = n.as_slice() else { return Ok(()) };
+        let [_, _, _, _, w, h, bits, kind, alpha, _, binary, ..] = n.as_slice() else {
+            self.warn("an image VectorCraft can't read was left out");
+            return Ok(());
+        };
         let (w, h) = (*w as u64, *h as u64);
         if w == 0 || h == 0 || w.saturating_mul(h) > MAX_PIXELS || ![1.0, 8.0].contains(bits) {
             self.warn("an image VectorCraft can't read was left out");
@@ -2080,7 +2086,10 @@ impl<'a> Reader<'a> {
                 rgba.extend_from_slice(&[px[0], px[1], px[2], a]);
             }
         }
-        let Some(img) = image::RgbaImage::from_raw(w as u32, h as u32, rgba) else { return Ok(()) };
+        let Some(img) = image::RgbaImage::from_raw(w as u32, h as u32, rgba) else {
+            self.warn("an image VectorCraft can't read was left out");
+            return Ok(());
+        };
         let mut png = vec![];
         if img.write_to(&mut std::io::Cursor::new(&mut png), image::ImageFormat::Png).is_err() {
             self.warn("an image VectorCraft can't read was left out");
@@ -2096,10 +2105,14 @@ impl<'a> Reader<'a> {
         // The matrix is an art-space matrix (y up) applied to the pixels with their rows running
         // downwards, (u, -v): pixels → (u, -v) → art space. Flipping the matrix's result instead
         // gives the same place only when the image isn't rotated (b = c = 0).
-        let [a, b, c, d, tx, ty] = m else { return Ok(()) };
+        let [a, b, c, d, tx, ty] = m else {
+            self.warn("an image VectorCraft can't read was left out");
+            return Ok(());
+        };
         let to_doc = self.space();
         let xf = to_doc * Affine::new([*a, *b, *c, *d, *tx, *ty]) * FLIP;
         if !xf.as_coeffs().iter().all(|v| v.is_finite()) || xf.determinant().abs() < 1e-12 {
+            self.warn("an image VectorCraft can't read was left out");
             return Ok(());
         }
         let mask = alpha.and_then(|a| self.alpha_mask(a, w, h, xf));
diff --git a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
index 72d625077..cb700fbfc 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
@@ -677,6 +677,40 @@ fn images_with_alpha_channels() {
     assert!(art(&r.doc).is_empty() && r.warnings.iter().any(|w| w.contains("cut short")));
 }
 
+/// Editing data `data` opens without its one image and with the warning "an image VectorCraft can't read was left out" once.
+fn image_left_out_with_a_warning(data: &[u8]) {
+    let r = read(data).unwrap();
+    assert!(art(&r.doc).is_empty(), "{:#?}", art(&r.doc));
+    let left_out = r.warnings.iter().filter(|w| *w == "an image VectorCraft can't read was left out").count();
+    assert_eq!(left_out, 1, "{:?}", r.warnings);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_image_without_a_matrix_is_left_out_with_a_warning() {
+    image_left_out_with_a_warning(&image("", (1, 1), ("DeviceRGB", 3, 0), &[255, 0, 0], 3));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_image_with_too_few_operands_is_left_out_with_a_warning() {
+    // The operands hold 10 numbers after the matrix, one short of the binary flag.
+    let text = String::from_utf8(image("[ 1 0 0 1 0 100 ]", (1, 1), ("DeviceRGB", 3, 0), b"abc", 3)).unwrap();
+    let data = text.replacen("] 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 3 0 0 1 0 4 4 0 0\n", "] 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 3 0 0\n", 1);
+    assert_ne!(data, text);
+    image_left_out_with_a_warning(data.as_bytes());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_image_whose_matrix_isnt_six_numbers_is_left_out_with_a_warning() {
+    image_left_out_with_a_warning(&image("[ 1 0 0 1 ]", (1, 1), ("DeviceRGB", 3, 0), &[255, 0, 0], 3));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_image_whose_matrix_has_no_area_is_left_out_with_a_warning() {
+    image_left_out_with_a_warning(&image("[ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ]", (1, 1), ("DeviceRGB", 3, 0), &[255, 0, 0], 3));
+    // This matrix maps the image onto a line.
+    image_left_out_with_a_warning(&image("[ 1 2 2 4 0 100 ]", (1, 1), ("DeviceRGB", 3, 0), &[255, 0, 0], 3));
+}
+
 /// The raster matrix `[a b c d tx ty]` is an art-space matrix (y up) applied to the image's pixels
 /// with their rows running downwards, `(u, -v)`: art x = a·u − c·v + tx, art y = b·u − d·v + ty.
 /// Without rotation (b = c = 0) that is the same as flipping the matrix's result; a rotated image