
This issue arises when you save the file or export it. So "broken pixels" are entirely possible with a Photoshop EPS even though you used vector tools.

So, after exporting/saving you can scale something like a Photoshop EPS, the vector edges will scale and remain crisp because they are vector, but the interpolation of the raster data does not happen outside of Photoshop. That interpolation does not happen outside of Photoshop. When you enlarge or transform a vector container within Photoshop, Photoshop interpolates the interior raster data to suit the transformation. But in order to get the real benefit of that vector content in Photoshop, you have to always use Photoshop for all future alterations. Yes you can draw with the vector tools in Photoshop and create vector content. This is not to say that the vector tools within Photoshop are overall inferior, they are not.


It's required if you want a true vector file in the end. It's not a matter of "people preferring" to use a vector application. actually can contain only 100% resolution independent vector data. That gradient fill is raster entirely and it will suffer upon some scaling.Īpplications such as Illustrator, Inkscape, CorelDraw, Xara, Sketch, etc. This means there may be a vector square and its edges will remain sharp and crisp, however if that square has a gradient fill. You can only create raster files with some embedded vector data. You can't create vector files with Photoshop.

This is unlike any true vector application. Regardless of how you create a file and save it, Photoshop always saves both vector and raster information. There's a reason you need to use a 4-wheel drive vehicle to go 4-wheeling, just as there's a reason you need to use a vector application to create vector files. Can you go 4-wheeling with a Toyota Prius? Sure you can! Is it going to do all the things a Jeep Wrangler can do? Heck no. TL DR: Photoshop can not create true vector images.
