Digital image formats fall into two main categories: raster and vector. The raster format lends itself to continuous tone images such as photographs. This document introduces the vector image format which is more suited to the defined lines, curves and shapes of charts, logos, web graphics, technical drawings, cartoons and fonts.
Read full advice document...An alphabetical list of commonly-used terms in vector graphics. Each term is defined and accompanied by one or more illustrations.
Read full advice document...If you need to create your own diagrams, illustrations, logos or other graphics, there are a number of programs to choose from. This document looks at the main applications as well as some more specialist programs. It also highlights the main points to consider when choosing software.
Read full advice document...This is a list of books, papers, magazines, journals, online publications and mailing lists that JISC Digital Media thinks are useful to keep up to date with developments in digital imaging.
Read full advice document...The links listed here have been gathered to provide a useful collection of vector graphics resources.
Read full advice document...UPDATE: The day after we posted this, GazoPa announced that it is now in open beta - available to the public without login. GazoPa is a new ‘similar image search’ service that finds images based on the visual content of any image you supply.
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