[Framers] Using vector images in Frame

Grant Hogarth grant at hedgewizard.net
Tue Dec 15 16:39:58 PST 2020


I agree. What I was describing was a vector file that contained a PNG, and which the client called a "vector PNG". 
[And the client is always right... <g>]

⁣Grant

On Dec 14, 2020, 5:14 PM, at 5:14 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
>PNG is a raster format. It can't contain vector image data. (Adobe
>Fireworks used the PNG extension but included a lot of incompatible
>stuff.)
>
>Most vector file formats can also contain bitmaps. It used to be
>common that users didn't understand why EPS images looked terrible in
>FrameMaker, where they were looking at a low-res bitmap preview, and
>fine when printed.
>
>On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 11:03 AM Grant Hogarth <grant at hedgewizard.net>
>wrote:
>>
>> When I've seen "Vector PNG" images before, it's usually a Vector
>> (AI/EPS/SVG) portion laid over a raster (PNG) image.  So part of it
>will
>> render/scale nicely, but the other (depending on how large the source
>> image is) does not.
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