Expert: Scottgem - 2/27/2004

Question
I need some advice on software. We are making a lot of signs. I am currently using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. The difficult part is we send these signs to a sign shop with a vinyl cutter. The art we make in Photoshop Elements is bitmap based. The vinyl cutter need it in a vector based format. What software do I need to edit vector graphics? would there be such a thing as a converter (Bitmap to Vector?) I will need to be able to edit the final file. The person at the sign shop said it would be nice to work with .EPS files. On browsing the web site I noticed Adobe Illustrator would this be the right product for me?

Answer
Illustrator or Photoshop can produce EPS files. Both are higher end products then Photoshop Elements and can do much more. I'm not sure what other products support EPS (which stands for Encapsulated PostScript). You might look for a converter that will convert JPG to EPS.

Hope this helps,
Scott<>

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