From the course: Learning Print Production
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Comparing raster versus vector artwork
From the course: Learning Print Production
Comparing raster versus vector artwork
- [Instructor] Graphics fall into one of two categories, either raster or vector. So what's the difference? Well, vector graphics are essentially points and lines, and that makes them scalable. You might think of it as math plus geometry equals artwork and that's why there's no limit for scaling a piece of vector art. So you use vector graphics for logos or maps and diagrams and ads and you create vector graphics in a vector drawing program, for example, Adobe Illustrator. Here is a piece of vector art, fairly small size, but notice when I scale it up, I don't lose any detail. I can scale it even farther, and you can see it's still sharp. And that's the characteristic of vector graphics. Raster images are a little bit different. They're based on pixels. And because they're made from a fixed number of pixels, there's a limit to scaling. I usually recommend that you don't go above about 125% in layout. Now if…
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