On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Eric E. Dolecki <edole...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's where I first saw PDFs used like that. Coming from Flash, we take > vector as a given but bitmaps are more processor friendly. Is there a clear > advantage using PDFs instead of bitmaps? Do PDFs remain vector in their > rendering, or are they simply converted to bitmap and then used?
It depends on what you do with them... PDFs (PS, etc.) are only visible to a user once they have been rasterized but depending on the output context the rasterization can be deferred to later stages in the output chain (for example not getting rasterized until hitting the printer). In other words they do have to become a bitmap as some point. Anyway vector PDFs are almost always better for art work that is vector friendly because 1) the file size will normally be smaller then a bitmap version (for a reasonable DPI range) and 2) you can rasterize your art work on demand for various output resolutions without scaling artifacts (again for a reasonable DPI range). -Shawn _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
