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I am mildly concerned that some of you are using the term 'vector' incorrectly, where perhaps the term "line drawing" may be more appropriate.
When refering to digital imaging, vector is a method where you use points and connecting lines to generate an image. The actual data is very mathmatical and can be manipulated very flexably. This is also used to generate 3D images and games, GT3 for example. The data in the file can be manipulated freely without losing image quality because all the elements are relational to eachother.
Raster imaging is like a scanned photo where you have saved each pixel's color information. There is only so much data there and it can only be manipulated to a certain extent. In a vector file to increase the physical size of something you simply extend the lines by changing values in an equation. With raster images you have to create new data inorder to resize the physical image.
If you are using a vector program like Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand or Marcromedia Flash then you probably have nice vector files to work with. But by some of the output files that you guys are attaching to this thread it appears you've just traced a picture in a raster program like Adobe Photoshop creating a line drawing which is still raster, and not truly vector.
Now, that's not a bad thing, I just think you should know that you may be using the wrong terminology.
And on the topic of vector images and Illustrator documents, do any of you have those files that you would be willing to attach here? It would be fun to see how you guys are creating your files.
When refering to digital imaging, vector is a method where you use points and connecting lines to generate an image. The actual data is very mathmatical and can be manipulated very flexably. This is also used to generate 3D images and games, GT3 for example. The data in the file can be manipulated freely without losing image quality because all the elements are relational to eachother.
Raster imaging is like a scanned photo where you have saved each pixel's color information. There is only so much data there and it can only be manipulated to a certain extent. In a vector file to increase the physical size of something you simply extend the lines by changing values in an equation. With raster images you have to create new data inorder to resize the physical image.
If you are using a vector program like Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand or Marcromedia Flash then you probably have nice vector files to work with. But by some of the output files that you guys are attaching to this thread it appears you've just traced a picture in a raster program like Adobe Photoshop creating a line drawing which is still raster, and not truly vector.
Now, that's not a bad thing, I just think you should know that you may be using the wrong terminology.
And on the topic of vector images and Illustrator documents, do any of you have those files that you would be willing to attach here? It would be fun to see how you guys are creating your files.
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