Friday, 25 September 2015

Vector Images

A Vector image never pixelates, and this is because it isn't “made up of a grid of pixels” (techterms.com.) Instead they consist of lines,points, polygons and curves, which help indicate images graphically. Vector images are used instead of raster images, like JPEGs, GIFs, TIFFs and BMP formats.
The way that Vectors uses lines and curves is that they are “connected by points” (absolutegraphix.co.uk), and once the points are connected up, they look like a whole shape. Vector Images are also made from polygons which make up the points, which are called “primitives,” this means that vector images are good for typography and images for advertising so that no matter what platform you view the image it will be clear and won’t pixelate, making it more professional.

The file extension that vector images come as are EPS (Encapsulated PostScript), which is a type of file that can include text as well images, that is created in Adobe Illustrator. Another type of file format that is produced in Adobe Illustrator is AI (Adobe Illustrator Artwork) and SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics.)

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