Clean vector

[csehz]

Hi, could you please advise about the exact meaning of expression "clean vector"? Mainly in the terms of Xara tools.

For example if a drawing contains lines, shapes, gradient fills, transparency, assumingly those sure considered as clean vector drawing.

But what about others:
- shadows
- feather
- fractal/cloud fills and transparencies
- opacity mask

[gwpriester]

Your first examples are vector objects. I am not sure how clean they are.

Shadows are generally converted to bitmap when you export the file, for example to PDF. But they are hybrid in as much as they are live effects and can be edited at any time until you export them. I think this might also be true of feathered objects and fractal fills.

You can have a vector shape that contains a bitmap fill. I think this is what they are referring to as not clean.