Import/use vector graphic files?

[ba4545]

I am a very new would-be developer with a design background. I am thinking of developing a graphics-type iphone application that would use vector-based files that I would have created in another application (Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/Acrobat, for example). My limited understanding suggests that for the 2-D images that I am contemplating, a Quartz -type application would be best (or maybe OpenGL?). Does anyone know if there is a way to load a saved vector graphics file (.EPS, .SVG, .PDF?) or something better?) into an iphone application, and whether a third-party application like Illustrator or Acrobat can create these files? I guess I am trying to save the effort of hand-coding these graphics. Maybe PDFs are the way to go?

I reckon that it may be simpler to use a .PNG file(s) instead, but my feeling is that these file types would require too much storage space and be slow to load for the full-screen graphics that I contemplate. There may be a threshold where raster files may be simpler and quicker, but I am too new at this to understand where that might fall.

Any help as to the best way to approach this would be greatly appreciated.

[rpstro02]

I am wondering the same thing.