Exporting Vector Files

[dustmitch]

I have a logo that I created for a church and whenever I try to export it as a file that can be opened and manipulated in illustrator, it either will not export the vector shape with the paths (.pdf) or it will have a white background behind the vector (.eps). I will attach the file in this post. What would be the best file to export this as so that it will be for commercial use?

Logo.pdf

Logo.eps

Rosewood COG Logo.afdesign

[MEB]

Hi dustmitch,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

If you export as PDF the logo will be rasterised on export because it uses a Outer Shadow FX effect. All effects are rasterised when you export to PDF or any other format. You can increase the DPI value in menu File ▸ Document Setup to get a better result when printing rasterised effects. If you remove the effect all elements will be exported as vectors both in PDF and EPS).

 

Regarding the EPS, it is exported with a white background because the EPS does not offer support for transparency natively.

 

If you want to open and manipulate the file in Illustrator i suggest you export as PDF because it supports more features than EPS. 

[dustmitch]

Thank you MEB,

 

What file would you recommend using for a transparent background? .png?

[MEB]

PNG is a raster format. I thought you were trying to keep all elements as vectors?

Where do you intend to use the image? If it's for displaying on the web then PNG will do it. You can also use SVG if you want to keep the logo as vectors.

For print PDF is more adequate.

[dustmitch]

Thank you. I did want to figure out the best file for vectors and raster. I am new to a lot of this and I am trying to figure it all out!