pdf vector image

[werticus]

My client has asked for a PDF vector image.

am i crazy or is this not actually possible with a raster based output of vray?

to me it just sounds like they are incompetent in what they are asking for!
but maybe im out of date!

[RErender]

they are on glue

[werticus]

haha now they want EPS

which CAN hold bitmaps, but is totally pointless ffs :P

*bangs head into desk*

[sv]

we had a brilliant one yesterday, after going through about three ammends (like changing materials, brightening all lights etc.) to a full quality high res image yesterday, and updating it and sending back the changes, once they were approved the client said - "thanks, you can render this now".

what?

do you actually know what rendering is?

[mdi]

i get this all the time, just explain to them its not posible.

Well...if is posible to save it as an eps/pdf/ai but its not going to be a vector image,

[werticus]

i actually did just save it as a PDF, with jpg compression and it was fine... BUT they came back and said 'this is not a vector image!'

so difficult, not to be rude in these situations

[travistlo]

You could use flash and do the raster to vector conversion(trace bitmap). You can control the quality a lot, but it will be an ENORMOUS file, and will take a long time.

[travistlo]

oh...but if you do that...its still just a bunch of "pixels" but its just vector pixels.

[dlparisi]

i actually did just save it as a PDF, with jpg compression and it was fine... BUT they came back and said 'this is not a vector image!'

so difficult, not to be rude in these situations

Ask them to send you an example

[BBullo]

What do they think they are going to do with a vector based EPS of your file?
If they plan to use it for The base of a CAD file they're asking for trouble.

Maybe if you find out their intentions for the file you can suggest a better idea, or tactfully let them know they are up in the night.

[Ayoola_Elliott]

Don't know if this helps but there are shareware type programs/utilities that supossedly converts tiff, .pdf, .pict, .gif, .jpg, .png, and .icns. images to PDF vector files. See the link below

http://www.katsurashareware.com/pgs/realzoomq.html

[Dynedain]

Illustrator can convert raster to vector

[mdi]

Illustrator can convert raster to vector

yep, but it looks arse


I had a client in the past who assumed that because I was an illustrator, all my work was produced in "adobe illustrator"

[dlparisi]

Converting it to vector is the last thing they'll want to do if they are interested in blowing up the image. Instead of a nice smooth expansion of the tiny pixels they'll end up with giant pixels with hard "edges" to all of them at the transistion to the neighboring pixel.

[dlparisi]

I had a client in the past who assumed that because I was an illustrator, all my work was produced in "adobe illustrator"