| The graphic design world is immense. PC technologies have brought various changes and opportunities to the sphere of graphics. At present PC illustrations are getting more and more clear. The most widespread graphic formats are vector graphics and bitmap (or raster) graphics. It is be helpful both for expert designers and for general computer users to learn more about new opportunities of graphic design.
Vector art represents the application of geometrical objects such as points, lines, curves and others, so as to form images in PC graphics. It is necessary to realize the designation of this instrument to guarantee its efficient use. Vector images make up an illustration like mathematical formula using shapes, lines and colors. There is special vector software that is destined to use this mathematical formula to built screen illustration of the best quality. Vector art is widely applied by professional graphic designers and even by amateurs that need to use some images to develop a certain project.
In the beginning vector graphics was used in the air defense system of the USA. At present vector art is still applied in specialized and military systems. One of the most widespread contemporary directions of vector illustrations application is laser shows, when 2 perpendicular mirrors move so as to draw shapes on a screen. Vector illustrations are widely applied by such PC programs like Adobe Illustrator, Coral Draw and similar programs.
Although vector graphics is known for its known for its scalability, it does not imply that vector illustrations are way better than bitmap images. Both applications have pros and cons. Actually, they are used for different purposes. Bitmap application applies pixels, and in this way it is great in photo editing. Furthermore, bitmap graphics provides fuller color range than vector art. At the same time vector illustrations are widely applied for drawing illustrations from scratch.
In this way, today you have great opportunities in graphic design. It is up to you to choose which software exactly is demanded for your kind of activity. |
