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What is a vector image?

Parasyte

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2 years ago

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  • Vector
  • -  1145 pts
  • -  (2 years ago)

Did someone call my name?

Well in most graphics and displays on computers, pixels and bitmaps are used. The downside to an image composed of pixels is that when enlarged they loose quality and become increasingly, well, pixelated.

Vector graphics files store the lines, shapes and colours that make up an image as mathematical formulae. A vector graphics program uses these mathematical formulae to construct the screen image, building the best quality image possible, given the screen resolution.

That is, a vector graphic is a graphic that can be resized without loosing quality because it is based on formulas not pixels.

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  • Parasyte
  • -  6040 pts
  • -  (2 years ago)

That's what I thought, but that just seems impossible.

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  • god
  • -  4827 pts
  • -  (2 years ago)

the program just draws the picture every time its given a new size. Its very cool.

 

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