Vector is a term used for a type of graphic made up of points or individual paths as opposed to pixels. It is most commonly used in typography, shapes and illustrations. The OPPOSITE of a vector graphic is a pixel based design. This is made up of small squares of color known as pixels. Pixel-based designs are most often seen in photographs and

photo manipulations. Illustrator is a vector based design pro-gram whereas Photoshop is a pixel based design program. Indesign is a layout program that allows you to place both vector and pixel designs together in various ways as part of a layout or page design for a publication.

Vector Vs. pixel

A look at Vector: A look at pixels:

The advantages of vector design:

One of the biggest disadvantages to working in a pixel for-mat is that the quality of your designs decreases as the size of the graphic increases.

With vector graphics this is not the case. When you are working with vector, every part of your design is made up

of points. This gives the design a clean edge as opposed to the jagged edges pixels create. Because of this clean edge and the smooth lines created by the paths and point system of vector design, your design can be enlarged to any size--- even as large as a billboard.

Guide to Vector Graphics

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The quality of a pixel image is determined by the number of pixels an image contains per inch or the ppi/ dpi. For printed materials this number should be set at no lower than 300.