Wednesday, October 07, 2009

VECTOR VS RASTER GRAPHICS

Vector Graphics and Vector Shapes are made of vectors. They are mathematical objects that make up vector graphics.

Attributes:
Resolution-independent
Easily modified without losing clarity

Editing
Shapes and Paths are edited.

Limitations:
Lose subtle gradations of value and color

Vector Formats:
SVG and SWF-
High quality image files with a low resolution.
They
can be used for the web.


Raster or Bitmap Images are made up of pixels- a rectangular grid of picture elements.

Attributes:
Resolution-dependent, Able to represent subtle shades of value and color.

Editing
Individual pixels are edited

Limitations
Large amounts of file space.
(May need to be compressed)

Raster Formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF...etc

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