AD export format

[delphine]

Hi there,

I am new in using AD for Ipad and I have a question regarding exportation.

Recently, I have been commission to design a logo. When came the time to export, I wasn't exactly sure how to do. 

I created the document with vectors layers and I set the document 9000x9000px at 300DPI. 

To export, I didn't change the number of pixels and I used JPEG and another version in PDF.

I guess when you export the document, AD rasterise it.

But what if amid the illustration process, you change your mind, like you need to a higher resolution to scale it up very big? Or to change the DPI or colour setting?

Many thanks for your precious help!

 

Delphine 

[Alfred]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Delphine.

1 hour ago, delphine said:

I created the document with vectors layers and I set the document 9000x9000px at 300DPI.

At 300 dpi, 9000 px is 30 inches. That’s a pretty big logo, and the typical viewing distance is likely to be 30 inches or more, so you probably don’t need it to be more than 4500 px × 4500 px (so that you can output it at 150 dpi).

1 hour ago, delphine said:

I guess when you export the document, AD rasterise it.

JPEG is a raster (only) format, but your PDF version should be pure vector as long as you haven’t applied any effects that produce raster results.

1 hour ago, delphine said:

But what if amid the illustration process, you change your mind, like you need to a higher resolution to scale it up very big? Or to change the DPI or colour setting?

As long as you retain the working document in *.afdesign format, you can always return to it for any changes you want to make.

[delphine]

@Alfred thank you very much for your help Alfred! It all makes sense to me now. I watched some YouTube video before to write this post. I wasn't sure but now its sorted!