There’s a gulf of difference between bitmap and vector graphics. Bitmap art is made of pixels and has a scale attached: each pixel represents black or white, or some gray or color tone. The resolution ...

Most graphics applications work with a particular type of graphic file. For example, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, PhotoImpact and Microsoft Photo editor handle bitmap files but can’t touch vector-based ...

The current crop of illustration programs is an array of mature, complex applications able to produce incredible works of print and Web art. But as these programs became more complex, users had to ...

Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 is an update to an application that has been popular in Europe and North America because it combines a suite of useful functions at an affordable price. Providing ...

The native vector graphics file format in Windows. Windows Metafiles also can hold bitmaps and text. The original 16-bit format uses the .WMF file extension. The subsequent 32-bit format, which ...

EVEN as the web scintillates in a rainbow of colours, digital fonts persist in a monochromatic past resembling the long-gone era of wood and metal type. This may at last be about to change. A new ...

Autodesk has announced the launch of a new vector design application this week in the form of Autodesk Graphic, that was previously known as iDraw for iOS. The new Autodesk Graphic application is ...

Me and some other people are working on a desktop viewer/editor for a tile-based game (Wolfenstein 3D). We're not sure of the best way to actually draw the tiles because none of us have had to do ...