EPS file?

[treeman]

Can anyone help me out please, is an eps file a vector file, and is that a file that can be re-sized without deterioration?

Thanks

 

[JT74]

Yes, if it is correctly formatted. I have seen all manner of files simply 'saved as' .EPS, which of course is not the same as a true vector file.

 

[JamesBryan]

It can be a vector file yes, if it is vector then it will be able to be scaled/re-sized.

But you can also save bitmap files as .eps, they wouldn't be able to be re-sized.

 

[treeman]

Thanks folks, anyway to easily find out if its a true vector file? (bearing in mind I don't have any design software)

 

[JT74]

Try opening it in Acrobat Reader and zoom in.

 

[Tori_T]

You could try opening it in a text editor. PostScript should be human-readable (but not necessarily understandable!)
Alternatively, the PostScript interpreter GhostScript is free software that should be able to render the output of the file for you.