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This is the add-on service for the production of .EPS Vector Files for Printing Customised Goods such as:
- Custom Printed Cricket Stumps
- Custom Printed Netball Post Protectors
An EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) is a professional graphic design file format. Unlike a JPG, which is made of a fixed grid of colored squares (pixels), an EPS is a "vector" file built from mathematical formulas - meaning it uses precise points, lines, curves, and shapes. Because it is based on math, it can be scaled to any size without losing quality or becoming blurry.
Simply "saving" or "converting" a JPG file doesn't turn it into a usable EPS vector format. When you upload a JPG to a basic online converter, the following issues occur:
- The "Wrapper" Effect: Most free online tools simply take your pixel-based JPG and wrap it inside an EPS container. The underlying image remains a raster (pixel) graphic, retaining zero of the scaling benefits that make a vector useful.
- The Limitations of Auto-Tracing: A few advanced online converters will try to "trace" the pixels and mathematically recreate the shapes. However, this auto-tracing process often misinterprets edges, blurs gradients, and creates messy, unusable paths.
How to Create a True Vector EPS
If a vector EPS file is required, it is because of the need for the raw mathematical shapes, not a pixelated image. There are only two ways to achieve this properly:
- Manual Recreation: Using dedicated software like Adobe Illustrator, a graphic designer must manually draw or trace over the JPG to build clean, independent vector objects.
- Auto-Tracing with Refinement: If your JPG is a high-resolution, simple black-and-white graphic (like a logo), you can use Illustrator's Image Trace feature, but you usually have to clean up the resulting paths by hand.
We offer the Manual Recreation approach at a cost of £30 (including VAT) per logo.