Questions tagged [vector-graphics]

Use this tag for general questions about how vector graphics work. Vector graphics are made up of mathematical primitives like points, lines, curves and polygons constructed from these primitives.

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Reposition objects in multiple SVG files

I've been making a vector animation by creating separate SVG file for each frame in Inkscape. While making one of the frames I realized that I don't have enough space on the canvas to fit the top of ...
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Transparent overlaping path when creating font with Illustrator and FontSelf

I'm trying to create a glyph font with FontSelf (https://www.fontself.com/) and Adobe Illustrator but I'm running into somes problems. As you can see on the screen capture below, on the exported font, ...
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How to invert an SVG image?

I’m searching for a solution (in Linux console) which “inverts” an SVG. It shall take an input .svg and generate output .svg with multiple shapes, each one filling a single transparent area. And vice ...
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How to reduce layers/sublayers/paths into one layer?

I had a single top-level layer called EAR. There were two vector paths which made it up. Somehow, illustrator has transformed it from a normal, single top-level layer into a three-level layer ...
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How to extract vectors from a PDF file?

I have a PDF file with vector images inside it. (I downloaded it from the internet, so I do not have any originals.) I wish to extract the vectors so that I can overlay them on some other images; use ...
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Identify a font by extracting vector from a JPEG

I'm trying to identify the font used in this graphic. Alternatively, is there a way to extract this letter out into a vector graphic form that I could scale up? I have Pixelmator at my disposal.
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Using SVG in MS Word gives it black background

I have a following SVG which renders properly in browser: You can download it here When I try to copy paste it in the MS Word, it renders with black background: How can I use it in Word doc, without ...
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How can I split PDF file into layers

I have a large PDF file containing a map. The PDF file was probably generated with AutoCAD. The image consists of a coloured raster map, and a vector with lines on top of the map. (Street lines etc.) ...
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Converting from EPS to SVG format [closed]

What is the best way to convert from an EPS formatted vector graphic to an SVG formatted graphic using only freely available tools?
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Why does Illustrator run slow when high resolution images are imported to it?

I import a high resolution (more than 6000x6000 pixels) into Illustrator while designing. This makes Illustrator operations a little slow. Similar thing happens when you use some stipple shading brush ...
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Insert PDF image in MS Word

I have a .doc which I will convert in PDF. In this .doc I have an image. When I convert the doc to PDF and then zoom it, the images became ugly pixel-ized. I found a tool that converted my bitmap ....
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Keep transparency when saving svg animation to apng sequence

Is there a way to do this on Windows? I tried ImageMagick with no luck. Some programs work for static svg files, but I haven't found a way to do this for svg animations. I have an animation file in ...
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Vector .docx to vector .pdf?

I use Word 365 (16.0.12130.20272 64-bit) on Windows 10 x86_64. When I add an .svg vector graphic image eg. via drag 'n drop, or an .emf vector graphic image via eg. Insert->Pictures, Word stores the ...
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How to stop Word from rasterizing imported vector graphics?

I have various vector graphic images in PDF or EPS form (EPS is now only usable on Mac though), and they often contain embedded bitmap images and/or transparency. When I import them into MS Word, they ...
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Preserve SVG with gradients after PDF export from Word

Whenever I need to create a template for business documents (e. g. concept papers or documentation), I have to place some generic graphics such as the company's logo here and there. Since Microsoft ...
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PDF export from Word changes line width of thin lines in embedded SVG

I have inserted some SVG files with complex plots in my Word document. The plots use different line withs, some of them quite thin. After inserting the SVG in Word, the line widths are shown correctly....
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How to Increase the quality of the Images on Illustrator

I work with Adobe Illustrator creative suite 3. I want to know how can one really Increase the quality of the Image's / graphics? because the thing Is,whenever I view the Image or the graphic In ...
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How to create an inner border (stroke) in Inkscape?

I created a shape in Inkscape and set the border width to 1px. The actual size is 100px however with a border it's 102px. How can I set an inner border on the object, not outer? When using Photoshop, ...
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Converting Photoshop .CSH files to .SVG or .EPS. Possible?

excuse my total ignorance, but does anyone know if it might be possible to convert Photoshop's .CSH files (Custom Shape Format) to standard .SVG or .EPS files? They're both Vector shapes, so it seems ...
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LibreOffice Impress converts vector images to raster images

I am using LibreOffice Impress 7.1.2.2 on Arch Linux / Gnome and my problem is that Impress converts my vector images to blurry low resolution rastered images when changing and saving an existing ....
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How can I identify fonts from an image? [closed]

Many times I come across bitmaps with nothing but text paragraphs, so I was looking for a way to identify the font used, the paragraph alignment, line spacing and color, bold, italics. Would an OCR ...
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Round corners in inkscape for CNC router

I am trying to prepare some images to cut out with my CNC router. I need there to be no corners sharper than a radius (a little more than the radius of my bit). When I use the built in fillet tool, ...
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Create a PDF image by adding several PDF images to the same blank page

I have several images with the extension .pdf, and I want to create a new PDF image (large figure) out of them. Also, I want to add some geometric shapes and text boxes to the same figure. How can I ...
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Best way to describe vector vs raster

Many times at work, someone will ask me if they can get an image (company logo, for example) in EPS or SVG format. They assume that since I put the image on the company site, that I could easily ...
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Export Excel graphs as vector graphics files (e.g. SVGs)?

How can I export a graph generated in Excel as an editable vector graphics file, e.g. a SVG? When I right click on a graph in Excel the 'Save as Picture...' option only gives non-vector formats (like ...
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Why does Inkscape only snap sometimes when dragging objects?

This is driving me crazy. Sometimes when I drag an existing object, it will snap to the nearest crosspoint on the grid. Other times it will not. I keep thinking I've figured it out, but then I keep ...
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Vector image - convert JPG to EPS or build EPS from scratch

My friend sent a .jpg logo to some company and they responded that they do not accept that format and they needed it to be vector version and can't use .jpg. I wonder if converting .jpg to .eps would ...
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Adding annotations to eps file

How do I add some text into an existing eps file? I want an output eps file having the same quality as the input eps file, with the stipulation that the text etc. added should also be scalable (vector)...
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Using Latex in Inkscape 1.0 Beta on macOS Catalina

I recently updated my MacOS to Catalina, with that, Inkscape 0.92.2 using XQuartz or X11 stopped working. Since I use Inkscape to make all my figures for conference papers and things like that, I ...
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LibreCad drawing always fills page in print preview

I'm very new, about one day, into LibreCad, trying to make a simple drawing with two hexagrams with circles at their vertices. I started experimentally by drawing a tiny circle, whose radius I don't ...
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What vector image formats work in MS Word on Mac and Windows?

I'd like to insert a vector image into a MS Word document and have it easily viewable on Mac and Windows. On Word for Mac you can easily insert a PDF, but on Windows you have to have Acrobat installed ...
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Is it possible to insert an Excel Chart in Word as editable graphics?

I would like to rework Excel Charts as simple shapes as can be created by hand in Word. The only options to paste a chart to Word seems to be by embedding and linking, and they remain Excel objects. ...
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How to draw a circle split in 10 slices?

I'd like to draw and print a circle that's split in 10 slices (like a clock, but with 10 hours instead of 12 - 10 slices of 36 degrees each). Can you recommend how to do this easily using (windows) ...
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Can I take a screenshot as vector graphics or at a higher resolution than native?

I need to take some screenshots of an application window. My laptop resolution is low, and I'd like to get high quality images. Is there a way to grab the screen as vector graphics (e.g. EPS, PDF, ...
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How to install Uniconvertor (command-line app) on Mac OS 10.7.2 (Lion)?

Uniconvertor is a command-line tool that shares code with the sK1 Project. it's used to convert from one type of vector graphic file to another like this: uniconvertor before.eps after.svg I'm ...
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Control shape proportions when Edit Point in PowerPoint 2010?

Is there a way to control the proportional point position while Edit Points for shapes in PowerPoint 2010? In other words, to get a straight line after repositioning a point (Like a 'Shift' button ...
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Creating Arrows Easily for Images

I'm looking for a plugin or something along those lines for creating arrows for an image I'm working on. Basically it's just a screenshot of some software, but I want to annotate it and have arrows on ...
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Overlap and merge two pages of a PDF

In a PDF document, two adjacent A4 pages contain a graph in a vector format: the first page contains the left half of the graph, the second page contains the right half. These two halves should be ...
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Complex graphics in power point

A friend of mine can create really stylish power point presentations. He uses for example cool graphics such as: However, when looking at this graphic it seems to be really a power point graphic as ...
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Limiting the resolution of vector graphics when exporting from Microsoft Word to Pdf

I'm having an issue with export of docx files to pdf. The docx files contain a large number of vector graphics and exporting it to pdf increases the size several times, which makes working with the ...
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Inspecting and filtering vectors in PDF from command line?

I have some PDFs, that are intended for (in this case) laser cutting - so basically, their only contents are some vector lines/geometry, no raster/bitmap content, no text content. Turns out, those ...
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A "quick" vector editor (SVG) for Linux (for annotating images?) [closed]

I often need to take a bitmap (.png) image, and draw some lines or text on top of it, and possibly export a new, thusly "annotated" image. I know I can basically do all this in inkscape - but ...
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Trouble opening a WMF file

I've gotten this WMF file which (probably) contains an image, somehow. I saved it out of a .docx file opened in Libreoffice, so it can't be entirely corrupt (I think). If I run file on it, I get: $ ...
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Why does Sketch App mangle certain svgs when imported?

I have 2 svgs that look exactly the same on the web and in Illustrator. One of them has been run through a minify script. You can take a look at these 2 svgs and the code on codepen As you can see, ...
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How do I generate the equivalent of a dynamic block connector in Visio?

Visio has the useful 'Connector' tool which snaps nicely, makes right angles, and is conveniently adjustable. But - it only produces a line connection, not a block, like with the simpler block ...
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Vector format for FedEx/Kinkos?

I am looking over some of Kinko's available file formats.(link) You may upload any file to FedEx Kinko's Print Online. However, Print Online can only convert the following file formats to PDF for ...
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Adobe Acrobat and Illustrator - Print to 4 by 4 on A4 with 0 margin

I bascially have a PDF of 16 pages. I want to put them into 4 by 4 grid on a new A4 paper (in PDF). I saw this "art board" thing in illustrator This presentation/layout is EXACTLY what I want. ...
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"Miter" join in EMF image not rendered correctly by Word

In vector graphics, there are typically three ways how corners of a path are rendered: miter (i. e. pointy), bevel (i. e. cut off), and round: Example (I don't have enough rep to post images). My goal ...
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Vectorization graphics approach

Could you advise,please, what approach to use in following situation: i'm gonna draw simple comics and ,as I see ,there are two ways: make hand pic. ,scan it and vectorize with Corel Trace or some ...
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How to convert poor quality bitmap image to vector?

I'm designing a website for a group which has lost the original digital image for their logo. The only file they have of it is a jpg which was embedded into a word document. The image has everything ...