Vector graphics are infinitely scalable images created using mathematically defined elements. In simpler terms, you can make a vector graphic as large or small as you want without losing any quality.

The first part of this two-part feature on vector editing tools outlined the history and background of vector image creation and examined Inkscape, an open-source vector editing application, and ...

The PSD files created by Adobe Photoshop are known as bitmap or raster images. Essentially, they're essentially made up of a grid of colored pixels. For some purposes, including common business uses, ...

In the first of this 'FOSS v proprietary' series we looked at some of the best software for editing and manipulating bitmap images. With digital photography such programs replace the earlier darkroom ...

Express a vector as the sum of a set of linearly independent basis vectors Use vector subtraction to find a vector that points from one point to another or find the distance between two points ...

The polygon object can be any shape that has at least three sides and allows for a wide variety of common shapes to be stored in vector form. The example above is a pentagon but a polygon could be ...

Co-ordinates are used to identify the position of an object on screen. Most shapes will make use of at least two coordinates, X and Y. In the most common vector graphic file format (SVG), the default ...