BITMAP IMAGES VS VECTOR IMAGES

Bitmap Image Vector Image

1 Also Known as Raster or Scaler
Graphics.
2 Bitmap graphics are composed of Vector graphics are mathematical
pixels, each of which contains creations. A vector image uses
specific color information. geometrical formulas to represent
images. Rather than being
composed of pixels, Vector
graphics consist of points, lines,
and curves which, when combined,
can form complex objects. These
objects can be filled with solid colors,
gradients, and even patterns.
3 An image whose raw information Contains information for another
contains information about the application to recreate the image from
color of each and every pixel. a set of instructions (turn left here,
draw a circle, make this area red).
4 You store the color for each pixel What was stored was vector (directed
of the image. Imagine a piece of line segment) information. You stored
graph paper with very small grid the starting point of the vector, its
squares. Doing bitmaps is like angle, its length, its color (well, after
making a picture by coloring each color came along), and its line width.
square individually, one color per Basically, you need to be able to
square. reconstruct the object according to a
mathematical formula. So, for a circle,
you only need to store the center
coordinates, the radius, the fill color,
the line color, and the line thickness to
be able to reconstruct it.
5 Usually the larger the display size, File size is dependent on the number of
the larger the file size. File size is instructions needed to recreate the
big. output. File size is small. Rather than
describing the many, many squares in
a bitmap, it is only necessary to
describe the math involved in
recreating the image. The vector file
never changes size, no matter how
larger it's needed.
6 You can’t scale and rotate them You can scale and rotate them with
with very little loss of detail very little loss of detail
7 When you zoom in, the image gets Can be displayed or printed at any size
chunky looking. and not get pixelated (chunky).
8 The filename extension of a Common filename extensions are
bitmapped type is usually PSD, CDR (CorelDraw format)
BMP, TIF, JPG, or GIF. AI (Adobe Illustrator format)
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
EPSF (Encapsulated PostScript Format)
(same as EPS)
PSP
PS, WMF
9 Bitmap is not ideal for printing. If Great for creating and printing logos,
 you print it small enough it will clipart, lettering and such, can be
look ok, but bitmaps are not resized and keep the sharp edges.
practical for banners, billboards, Vector graphics are ideal for producing
sign writing etc. artwork which frequently needs to be
presented in different sizes or colors.
Logos especially fall into this category.
A logo produced with a vector
application can be blown up to fit on a
billboard or scaled down to adorn a
letterhead with no loss of quality.
10 You can make and edit much more They require less storage than bitmaps
detailed images, since you can
control each pixel
11 They have limited resolution. They have infinite resolution - no
matter how large you expand or how
small you contract the image, the math
creating it holds up and it will always
show smooth, clear edges and details.
12 Bitmaps do not maintain The image remains editable as long as
editability. You cannot open a it remains in a vector format - any
typical (non-Photoshop format) program that can understand the math
bitmap file and modify it as though will open the graphic can and modify
you were the originator - there is its shapes, arrangements and colors.
no layer or other information in The points along the path can be
most bitmap files (TIFF, PICT, JPEG, moved around, and, when selected,
etc...). have little arms sticking out of them -
drag the arm and it changes the shape
of the path as it passes through that
point.
Once a "universal" version (usually
an .eps file) of a graphic or a logo is
PROPERLY originated, it can be used by
many people and many different
software packages. You do not have to
recreate images in each application -
this saves time and allows you to
distribute and have greater control
over your logo/brand/whatever.
13 Suitable for Photographic images. Vector formats are NOT well suited to
photographic images. The many colors
and complexity necessitated by
representing photographic subjects
quickly overwhelms the formats.
They’re unsuitable for producing photo-
realistic imagery. Vector images are
usually made up of solid areas of color
or gradients, but they cannot depict
the continuous subtle tones of a
photograph. That's why most of the
vector images you see tend to have a
cartoon-like appearance. Even so,
vector graphics are continually
becoming more advanced, and we can
do a lot more with vector drawings now
 than we could a decade ago. Today's
vector tools allow you to apply
bitmapped textures to objects giving
them a photo-realistic appearance, and
you can now create soft blends,
transparency, and shading that once
was difficult to achieve in vector
drawing programs.
14 Bitmaps can represent complex, Can’t represent complex, photographic
photographic images. The grid can images.
be filled with thousands or millions
of subtle variations of color to
recreate the complexity found in
the world around us.
15 Bitmaps are resolution Vector images are resolution
dependent.Because bitmaps are Independent. Because they're scalable,
resolution dependent, it's difficult vector-based images are resolution
to increase or decrease their size independent. You can increase and
without sacrificing a degree of decrease the size of vector images to
image quality. When you reduce any degree and your lines will remain
the size of a bitmap image through crisp and sharp, both on screen and in
your software's resample or resize print. Fonts are a type of vector object.
command, you must throw away
pixels. When you increase the size
of a bitmap image through your
software's resample or resize
command, the software has to
create new pixels. When creating
pixels, the software must estimate
the color values of the new pixels
based on the surrounding pixels.
This process is called interpolation.
16 We can originate images from Vector images primarily originate from
scans. software. You can't scan an image and
save it as a vector file without using
special conversion software.
17 Bitmaps can be converted into Vector images can, quite easily, be
vector images but it is Difficult to converted to bitmaps. This process is
convert. There are few softwares called rasterizing. When you convert a
available. Many companies offer vector image to a bitmap, you can
this service by charging a fee. specify the output resolution of the
final bitmap for whatever size you
need. Opening a vector image in a
bitmap editing program usually
destroys the vector qualities of the
image and converts it to raster data.
18 Key Points About Bitmap Images: Key Points About Vector Images
• pixels in a grid • scalable
• resolution dependent • resolution independent
• resizing reduces quality • no background
• easily converted • cartoon-like
• restricted to rectangle • inappropriate for photo-realistic
• minimal support for images
transparency • metafiles contain both raster and
vector data