.ai and pdf

[craigco]

Does anyone know if you can open up a .pdf file in Adobe Ill. and have it convert to a vector file?

Thanks,
Craig

 

[The Big Squeegee]

Depends on the pdf file. most have restrictions on them that restricts editing of any kind. Got to watch how you save them.

 

[The Vector Doctor]

Most pdf's can be opened in Illustrator, but they have to be vector in the pdf to also open as a vector in Illustrator. There is no magic conversion that makes a raster image within a pdf turn into a vector.

 

[CL Graphics]

If you have acrobat you should be able to open it and save it as an eps.

 

[petepaz]

like the doc says
it has to be vector from the begining
a jpg won't change to vector in illustr if you save it as a pdf and then open in illustr

 

[The Vector Doctor]

If you have acrobat you should be able to open it and save it as an eps.

That won't convert it to vector if it isn't already. An eps can be vector or raster or a combination of both

 

[TheSnowman]

Yup, has to be Vector originally. An easy way to tell is if you zoom in on it all the way in Acrobat, you shouldn't see any fuzzy lines, should all be crisp. If you zoom in, and you lose the quality, your gonna prob. have to trace it to get it to work.

 

[Shovelhead]

Acrobat....

If you have acrobat you should be able to open it and save it as an eps.

Professional.

 

[craigco]

Thanks, for the info.

It is a vector file in pdf. I don't know much about adobe ill., and i couldn't get it to do anything. I imported the pdf directly into corel draw and it worked great. I didn't know you could do that.