Before understanding the science behind vector animation, it's important to know the difference between the two major graphic types: bitmap and vector graphics.

There’s a gulf of difference between bitmap and vector graphics. Bitmap art is made of pixels and has a scale attached: each pixel represents black or white, or some gray or color tone. The ...

Dashboard developer iSlayer has posted an interesting article examining the implications resolution independence (a new feature in Leopard) will have on icon design. Even before the issue of ...

How to Modify an EPS Vector File. The Encapsulated PostScript file format stores images and page layouts. EPS files can contain both bitmaps and vectors, but only the vector images can be resized ...

Most graphics applications work with a particular type of graphic file. For example, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, PhotoImpact and Microsoft Photo editor handle bitmap files but can’t touch vector-based ...

At its core, Expression 3 is a vector-based drawing program. And though it imports and exports bitmap images, it ingeniously disguises vector drawings so they seem like pixel-based images.

Features and Capabilities Drawings created within the new Autodesk Graphic suite of apps can be exported as bitmap and vector files, and used in any applications that support PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF ...