rasters and vectors

 The difference Between Vector Format and Raster Format

    There are many differences between rasters and vectors, some more noticeable then others.  For instance the sharpness and smoothness of the vector format, compared the pixelated style of raster format. Depending on what type of job/art you have you can use either.

    Rasters are like pixel art, the pixels create a digital-looking image. The images' pixels can be large or small, but all of the pixels are the same size. The bigger the scale of the pixels the less detail there is in the photo or drawing, the smaller the scale of pixels the more detail there is in the . You can create a raster by zooming in on a photo. Rasters also have a large amount of colours that you can choose from, so when you design something with raster format no two colours have to be the same.  Raster format is also compatible with many types of programmes.


   Vector format is useful for logos, mainly because the fact that even when you re-size the image it will stay the generally the same. It is made more mathematically then a raster format. The smooth lines and crisp edges mean the designer of the image can add as much detail they want. Usually vector files have less data and are a lot easier to re-scale and it wont loose quality, that quality is useful if you want an image to have various sizes. This means big brand companies can use the same image/logo for bill-board projects, or just use the image on small products.