r/photoshop • u/Pouchkine___ • 1d ago

Help! How do I make a vector image ?

I can create a logo in Photoshop, but how do I turn it into an image file that can be "infinitely" expanded without losing resolution ?

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u/opticon12000 1d ago

Create your logo in Illustrator not Photoshop.

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u/redditnackgp0101 1d ago

Logos CAN be created in Photoshop pretty easily.

(not saying they should)

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u/shhikshoka 22h ago

If you don’t know how to use illustrator make in photoshop and use image trace but it’ll look funky you should just make it in photoshop and try to use the pen tool to go over it in illustrator photoshop makes resterizrd designs not vectors it’s impossible in photoshop

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u/redditnackgp0101 10h ago

this is not true as what you are describing to do in Illustrator can be done in Photoshop just as easily, but the best method is the one that works for you.

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u/shhikshoka 6h ago

“Photoshop doesn’t save or export native vector files” a true vector is impossible in photoshop since it uses pixels and illustrator uses math

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u/redditnackgp0101 3h ago

...if you say so. I do it all the time. Vectors. In Photoshop

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u/shhikshoka 1h ago

Then they aren’t vectors the program can not produce vectors it’s not an argument it’s a fact photoshop makes raster files not vectors

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u/redditnackgp0101 44m ago

Noted. You should let Adobe know https://www.adobe.com/learn/photoshop/web/vector-objects?locale=en&learnIn=1

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u/shhikshoka 6m ago

They’re talking about SVG files it’s a conversion into vector the app itself doesn’t make a vector the file is

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u/redditnackgp0101 1d ago

How is your logo made? In Photoshop you need to use paths (or shape layers) to make vector artwork

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u/Pouchkine___ 1d ago

Wdym by "made" ? I want to make it in Photoshop

Do you have a link to a video doing that ?

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u/redditnackgp0101 1d ago

Search "Photoshop paths" or "Photoshop vector" or similar on YouTube and watch as much as you can.

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u/Pouchkine___ 1d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EfK2LTPKtc

Would that be enough ?

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u/johngpt5 60 helper points | Adobe Community Expert 1d ago edited 1d ago

The latest version of Ps can create an .eps file as that video shows, but that video is out of date.

We need to use File > Save a Copy rather than File > Save As.

If you are going to follow the method shown in that video, use very a large a document before converting the selection to a work path.

I just tried with a relatively small document. After doing all that the video suggested and creating the .eps file, I opened that file in Illustrator. It look pretty crappy when I zoomed in to only 200%.

If your Adobe subscription doesn't include illustrator, Inkscape is a free vector graphic design app. If you really need a scalable logo, it might be the better venue in which to create the logo.

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u/Pouchkine___ 1d ago

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check that out.

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u/redditnackgp0101 10h ago

But Photoshop saves out PDF. Why not that? It opens in Illustrator and editable further in Photoshop with the settings selected. Even better than EPS, no? Maintains full vector shape.

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u/johngpt5 60 helper points | Adobe Community Expert 5h ago

You have way more experience than I when it comes to vector graphics. Not having been a graphics professional, I'm just commenting on that video that the OP linked.

Illustrator has recently been added to the Adobe apps within my subscription as Adobe now covers my subscription. I'm at the very beginning of learning about it, but as a photographer, it won't be any part of my workflow.

I appreciate reading your comments as they always increase what I know.

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u/redditnackgp0101 3h ago

Man! I love reading what you have to say because it forces me to really think about the stuff I do routinely that's become muscle memory. And admittedly as I do these things for work I'm always screaming how overly complicated or contrived it is to work between programs and tools that don't crossover as you'd think they would. Every project (and comment) is a learning opportunity

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u/redditnackgp0101 23h ago

I don't know about the video you found but as long as you are using vector based tools you would be able to infinitely resize. The vector tools in Photoshop are the Pen tool and the Shape tool. As long as you do not rasterize these you will have layers that can be resized however you want.

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u/Pouchkine___ 17h ago

Yes I know these tools, but I was asking about a vector format which I can share. Like an image file that can be infinitely expanded, like a pdf

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u/redditnackgp0101 10h ago

oh sorry! of course I missed that part. I'm pretty sure selecting Photoshop PDF format on save out would do what you're trying to accomplish as it saves a PDF of your vector. Attached is what is made in PS then saved as a PDF and opened in AI. Hopefully that helps assure that yes, photoshop is a valid option.