: How to export a file in Adobe Illustrator and still have it be a vector? I am new to Adobe Illustrator. I created a simple image with a shape and some text and wanted to create a vector

@Si6392903

PNG's format aren't vector, like jpg, gif and many others. Their are raster image.

If you want to export a vector image, you have to do "File > Save As.." and then select the file format like .svg, .eps, ai (Illustrator) and .pdf. These images are visible only through any software or in the browser.

If you do "File > Export..." you can only save a raster image (no zoomable and resizable).

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@Ogunnowo857

It's the .png format that is the problem.

.png is a raster format that will not upsize very well, just like any raster format.

You need to save it in a vector format, such as:


.ai - You'll most likely want to save everything to this format for your own safe keeping because it retains all editability unlike other formats. You would then save the same file to another format to use elsewhere.
.pdf - Typically the format you'll want to send to a client, print
or even use in a website, if it's like info graphic or something
like that. Typically you don't embed pdf into a website.
.eps - Older print format.
.svg - Typically used in websites in place of images that would "normally" be .jpg, .png or .gif. .svg is not natively supported by all browsers ( IE ).

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