A graphics program is a piece of computer software that enables a user to modify or view graphics files. Computer graphics can be classified into two distinct categories: raster graphics and vector graphics. Before learning about computer software that manipulates or displays these graphics types, you should be familiar with both. Jump to: navigation, search A screenshot of computer software in action. ... See also Category:Graphics file formats Here is a summary of the most common graphics file formats: Some file formats, e. ... Suppose the smiley face in the top left corner is an RGB bitmap image. ... Steam Locomotive 7646 as a vector, originally Windows Metafile (converted to GIF for display on Wikipedia page). ...
Many graphics programs focus exclusively on either vector or raster graphics, but there are a few that combine them in interesting and sometimes unexpected ways. It is simple to convert from vector graphics to raster graphics, but going the other way is harder. Some software attempts to do this.
Most graphics programs have the ability to import and export one or more graphics file formats. See also Category:Graphics file formats Here is a summary of the most common graphics file formats: Some file formats, e. ...
Several graphics programs support animation, or digital video. Vector graphics animation can be described as a series of mathematical transformations that are applied in sequence to one or more shapes in a scene. Raster graphics animation works in a similar fashion to film-based animation, where a series of still images produces the illusion of continuous movement. Jump to: navigation, search Animation (plural: Animations) is the illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. ... Jump to: navigation, search Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital, rather than analog, representation of the video signal. ...
Raster graphics represent graphical images as a pattern of dots, called a bit map (this is why raster graphics are also called bit-mapped graphics).
Programs that manipulated raster/bit-mapped images usually are referred to as paint programs, whereas programs that enable you to create and manipulate vector graphics commonly are called draw programs.
The difference between outputting vector graphics and raster graphics, therefore, is that vector graphics are not translated into bit maps until the last possible moment, after all sizes and resolutions have been specified.
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