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BB EWM
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October 11, 2019
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Hight Resolution

  • October 11, 2019
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I am having my logo placed on a table runner and the company indicated the PDF I provided is not high resolution.  I no longe have contact with the original designer to ask for a high resolution document. When I asked if there was another type other than pdf, they indicated eps or ai.  I am not a graphics person, just a user. Is there a way to convert the pdf i have to (wht is defined as high resolution?) or in a manner to fit the eps or ai requirment?

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    BB EWMAuthor
    Participant
    October 18, 2019

    Thanks everyone for your input, it was all extremely helpful.  I was able to get the file converted to all the versions I needed (ai,eps, and a few more), I just may need them.  Also, the company was able to produce the product I was trying to order with success by using the ai file.  Extremely excited and appreciative to all the all for helping me understand. 

    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 12, 2019

    We are talking about a logo, not about a multipages layout.

    If your graphic designer puts pixels in a logo it is because it is urgent to change the graphic designer

    😉

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 12, 2019

    "Vectors are resolution independent, but they can contain images, which do have resolution"

     

    If images contain pixels there is no point in saving them in a vector format.

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    October 12, 2019
    There may be several excellent reasons for putting images in a vector format. (1) this may be what the requirement is - for example a print service only accepts PDF files (2) mixed pages, which is the normal thing, containing both text and images, perhaps vector art too.
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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    October 11, 2019

    Not really, you need to have a graphics artist recreate it. Converting low res back to high res is a bit like trying to convert chicken soup back into chicken.

      Dov Isaacs
      Dov Isaacs
      Legend
      October 11, 2019

      This is by far the most interesting analogy I've seen to date!

       

               - Dov

      - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
        JR Boulay
        Community Expert
        JR BoulayCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 11, 2019

        By nature, a vector logo in EPS, AI or PDF format is resolution independent, so this question should not even arise.

        This is what makes vector formats so interesting.

        Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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        Test Screen Name
        Legend
        October 11, 2019
        Vectors are resolution independent, but they can contain images, which do have resolution. So EPS, AI and PDF can all be low resolution, just as much as a JPEG can be.
        Dov Isaacs
        Dov Isaacs
        Legend
        October 11, 2019

        Actually EPS, AI, and PDF may contain raster images, but vectors themselves absolutely cannot contain images! 😉

         

                   - Dov

         

         

        - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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