Portfolio PDF: How to Get a Great Result Every Time
What a portfolio PDF should do for you, how to use this one step by step, and the mistakes that waste time.
What a portfolio PDF is for
Put your work into one PDF portfolio: a cover, about me, your projects with pictures and a contact page, in landscape or portrait, ready to email or upload.
Where most converters let you down
Plenty of tools will happily take your file and give you something back. The trouble is what they give you: many turn your artwork into a picture on the way through, or lose the size it was meant to be. You only find out later, when the file will not cut, print, import or open the way you expected.
What you actually want is the same artwork in the format you need, at the size you need it. That is the standard this portfolio PDF is built to.
How to use the portfolio PDF in 3 steps
- Open the portfolio PDF and drop in your file.
- Check the result in the preview and adjust the settings if you need to.
- Download the result.
Why Veconvert is the better portfolio PDF
- Geometry preserved. Vector artwork is converted path for path, not traced from a picture.
- Real size. PDF output is sized in real units, not left in pixels for someone to guess at.
- Holes and fill rules kept. A counter stays a counter.
- Private. Files are converted in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
What happens to your file
A Work is read as geometry: paths, fills, strokes and the transforms applied to them. It is not rasterised and traced again, so nothing is approximated.
The conversion runs in your browser, so the file is never uploaded: client work, statements and unreleased designs stay on your computer.
Getting the best result: mistakes to avoid
- Outline fonts in your design software first if the next program will not have them installed.
- Remove hidden layers and guides you do not want in the output.
- Open the result in the program you will use next before sending it on.
What it costs
Yes, converting is free: the conversion and checking the result cost nothing, and the work runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. The side-by-side preview on the converter pages comes with a free account. Saving the finished file is paid: $3.49 for one file ($3.99 for a technical file such as DXF, G-code, STL or embroidery) with no account needed, or included in a plan from $6.99 a month.
You see the result before you spend anything, so you only pay for a file you are happy with.
Other names for the same job
You may have searched for pdf portfolio, portfolio pdf template, make a pdf portfolio or portfolio in pdf format. They all mean the same thing here: open the portfolio PDF, drop your file in and download the result.
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Frequently asked questions
Landscape or portrait?
Landscape suits screens and wide pictures; portrait suits printing and tall pictures. Switch at the top of the maker and every page lays itself out again.
Is it free?
Yes, converting is free: the conversion and checking the result cost nothing, and the work runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. The side-by-side preview on the converter pages comes with a free account. Saving the finished file is paid: $3.49 for one file ($3.99 for a technical file such as DXF, G-code, STL or embroidery) with no account needed, or included in a plan from $6.99 a month.
Is my file uploaded?
The conversion runs in your browser, so the file is never uploaded: client work, statements and unreleased designs stay on your computer.