First of all, is a simple visualization of the difference between vector and raster and what happens to the raster when you try to enlarge it:<\/p>\n
![\"Vector](\"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/vector_vs_raster.jpg\")
Vector vs Raster image<\/p><\/div>\n
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VECTORS<\/strong><\/h3>\nare mathematical calculations that form shapes\/lines\/curves. The main thing to know about them is that they are scalable.<\/strong> It means you can scale and print them in ANY size, without losing their quality, without looking blurred or stretched. We require those files for stitched<\/strong><\/a>emblems, because stitching programs can only be created from a vector file, and for large size printed<\/a><\/strong> emblems.<\/p>\nRASTER<\/strong><\/h3>\nimages consist of pixels \u2013 single points, or the smallest elements of a display device. Photographs are rasters and contain a large number of differently colored pixels. How large you can print a raster image depends on 1) its size<\/strong> \u2013 width and height \u2013 in pixels<\/strong> and 2) its pixel resolution<\/strong>, or ppi (pixels per inch). You cannot<\/strong> enlarge a raster past certain size without losing quality \u2013 as a result it will look blurred or with small squares (pixels). Therefore sometimes the files you send us are not suitable for printing. There are a few possible solutions to this.<\/p>\n\n- We ask you for obtaining a better quality raster or a vector file. Especially if somebody else designed your artwork, they most probably keep the original files too.<\/li>\n
- Sometimes we can vectorize your art. At times this is not possible, because photographs and very complicated drawings take a huge amount of time to be vectorized.<\/li>\n
- If nothing works, we offer you an alternative solution, like re-creating your design or making it anew, in a way that would meet your requirements and wishes, of course!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If you have any questions, need more information or like us to check your files, we will be happy to help \u2013 do not hesitate to contact us<\/a>!<\/p>\nHere is a short Youtube video<\/a> on this topic that you might find useful.<\/p>\nFeatured image by Sharon Pittaway<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHAT IS VECTORIZING AND WHY IS IT SOMETIMES NEEDED? We\u2019re often asked what a vector file means. Why vectorizing (or finding your already existing vector file) is necessary in order to produce stitched or large and high quality printed badges\/emblems? You also might wonder what the difference is between vector and rasterfiles? First of all,… Read More »VECTORIZING \/ DIGITALIZING<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19,16,17,18,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
RASTER<\/strong><\/h3>\nimages consist of pixels \u2013 single points, or the smallest elements of a display device. Photographs are rasters and contain a large number of differently colored pixels. How large you can print a raster image depends on 1) its size<\/strong> \u2013 width and height \u2013 in pixels<\/strong> and 2) its pixel resolution<\/strong>, or ppi (pixels per inch). You cannot<\/strong> enlarge a raster past certain size without losing quality \u2013 as a result it will look blurred or with small squares (pixels). Therefore sometimes the files you send us are not suitable for printing. There are a few possible solutions to this.<\/p>\n\n- We ask you for obtaining a better quality raster or a vector file. Especially if somebody else designed your artwork, they most probably keep the original files too.<\/li>\n
- Sometimes we can vectorize your art. At times this is not possible, because photographs and very complicated drawings take a huge amount of time to be vectorized.<\/li>\n
- If nothing works, we offer you an alternative solution, like re-creating your design or making it anew, in a way that would meet your requirements and wishes, of course!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If you have any questions, need more information or like us to check your files, we will be happy to help \u2013 do not hesitate to contact us<\/a>!<\/p>\nHere is a short Youtube video<\/a> on this topic that you might find useful.<\/p>\nFeatured image by Sharon Pittaway<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHAT IS VECTORIZING AND WHY IS IT SOMETIMES NEEDED? We\u2019re often asked what a vector file means. Why vectorizing (or finding your already existing vector file) is necessary in order to produce stitched or large and high quality printed badges\/emblems? You also might wonder what the difference is between vector and rasterfiles? First of all,… Read More »VECTORIZING \/ DIGITALIZING<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19,16,17,18,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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- We ask you for obtaining a better quality raster or a vector file. Especially if somebody else designed your artwork, they most probably keep the original files too.<\/li>\n
- Sometimes we can vectorize your art. At times this is not possible, because photographs and very complicated drawings take a huge amount of time to be vectorized.<\/li>\n
- If nothing works, we offer you an alternative solution, like re-creating your design or making it anew, in a way that would meet your requirements and wishes, of course!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If you have any questions, need more information or like us to check your files, we will be happy to help \u2013 do not hesitate to contact us<\/a>!<\/p>\n
Here is a short Youtube video<\/a> on this topic that you might find useful.<\/p>\n
Featured image by Sharon Pittaway<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WHAT IS VECTORIZING AND WHY IS IT SOMETIMES NEEDED? We\u2019re often asked what a vector file means. Why vectorizing (or finding your already existing vector file) is necessary in order to produce stitched or large and high quality printed badges\/emblems? You also might wonder what the difference is between vector and rasterfiles? First of all,… Read More »VECTORIZING \/ DIGITALIZING<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19,16,17,18,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superfox.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}