- Vector Graphics???
- Posted by smullen on August 3rd, 2004
What exactly are Vector graphics or more specifically, what program makes
them or converts to them?
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- Posted by SpaceGirl on August 3rd, 2004
smullen wrote:
Okay, basically images drawn through lines and fills, which can be
maniplated indefinately. Underlaying it is a lot of maths (which you
dont see). A vector image is a collection of these lines.
Bitmap images (raster) are photographs, video etc and cannot be
manipulated in the same way. An bitmap image is a collection of pixels
(picture elements),
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- Posted by Hunter Elliott on August 3rd, 2004
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Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand, Xara - these are all
examples of vector editors.
- Posted by SpaceGirl on August 3rd, 2004
Matt Bostock wrote:
What he said! 
Vector programs - Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand, Macromedia
Flash (vector based animations), CorelDraw.
BitMap programs - Adobe PhotoShop, Painter, Windows Paint :P
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- Posted by Matt Bostock on August 3rd, 2004
A vector graphic is a bunch of mathematical instructions that are used
by a program to draw an image (e.g. put a line here, a circle there, etc).
A raster graphic is a bunch of pixels (first pixel will be blue, second
along will be red, etc)... put very simply.
Vector is useful because you can resize it to any size, since it's all
mathematical. Raster doesn't resize so well because it's more fixed.
Matt
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- Posted by Karl Sinfield on August 3rd, 2004
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Not forgetting the best bitmap program of all: PussyPaint!
....big ups to Kitty - where ever he is.
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- Posted by Wizard of Draws on August 3rd, 2004
On 8/3/04 10:21 AM, in article 10gv7p3n0k8f462@corp.supernews.com, "smullen"
<smullen@charter.net> wrote:
Illustrator is primarily a vector based program.
Photoshop is primarily a bitmap (or raster) based program.
Adobe Streamline will take a bitmap and convert it to a vector image.
Illustrator will also, but with less control over the process.
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- Posted by J-Dogg on August 4th, 2004
Remember vector calculus? Its all about math. Think of it like this: fonts
are vector, photos are pixels. Vector files use MUCH LESS MEMORY than
rasterized (pixel) files. Flash is primarily vector, which is why it is such
a big deal lately: the animation is much faster and lighter than photo-based
movies or animated gifs.
If you enlarge a font, like Arial or Times, it looks fine, even at 100 pts.
The letters are drawn mathmatically, and you can blow them up to the size of
a house, without using more memory or losing information.
If you resize a photo bigger, it usually looks pretty crappy, because it is
stored in little dots of color (pixels). The computer has to improvise and
fill in information if you make it bigger, so it starts to look "fuzzy."
(Big photos take up a lot of memory, which is why there are legal fights
over who owns the rights to compress the image.)
Most high-end software focuses on one or the other. Adobe Photoshop is
excellent for pixels and photos, but handles simple vector stuff well. Adobe
Illustrator is great for vector, as is Macromedia Freehand. (Some software
tries to do it all, like Corel Draw.)
Photos: Photoshop
Vector: Illustroator, Freehand, Flash
must sleep now.
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- Posted by Trenchcat on August 4th, 2004
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You goddamned moron. Just ask the guy with the link on your site.
Are you a christian? Ask one of the angels buzzing around your head.
CIVIL WAR 2004
- Posted by SCG on August 4th, 2004
CorelTrace is probably better than Streamline...
SCG
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- Posted by Lurker on August 4th, 2004
On 4-Aug-2004, Wizard of Draws <jeffbREMOVE@REMOVEwizardofdraws.com> wrote:
also CorelDraw....
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- Posted by SpaceGirl on August 4th, 2004
Lurker wrote:
....and Flash...
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- Posted by smullen on August 4th, 2004
Thanks guys (and gals) for all the fast responses..
So can I tak an image that already created and convert it to a vector image
with Illistrator? Or does it have to be created or scanned as a Vector
image? also, what extension would a vertor image have?
The reason I ask is that I am getting a large size vinyl cutter to make
vinyl signs, logos an such... From what I have read so far, it works best
with a Vector image.
Thanks again for all your help...
Scott
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- Posted by smullen on August 4th, 2004
What guy on my site are you refering too?
Also, did you really need to reply in such a rude way???
I find it kind of humorous that you reply like that, but then have a
Christain type tagline...
Scott
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- Posted by iforte on August 4th, 2004
Ignore the troll.
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- Posted by Combaticus on August 4th, 2004
You really are quite dim.
in article 10h29quqk6j9o04@corp.supernews.com, smullen at
smullen@charter.net wrote on 08/04/2004 11:14 AM:
