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question Anonymous
hey /hr/, this may be a noob question, but here it is:
is there a file format for pictures that is vector based? meaning i can resize it to any size? it doesn't seem like gif or tif cut the bill, but i may be wrong.
>> Kim
There are several, but if you want to use Web standards (and be displayable on Firefox 1.5+ without a plugin), there is no way around SVG.
>> Anonymous
Yes there is. But I don't really know anything about them. I believe .ai and .eps files fit the bill, but I have no idea how you go about making them. I assume you have to create them via a program like Inkscape or Illustrator, doing actual vector work. Most of the "vector" pngs you see around here just seem to be enlarged traces of normal pics.
>> Spyffe
>>99674has it right.
Vector graphics are arbitrarily scalable; however, they require that the program that generates them know about the underlying shapes in an image. This is usually only possible if a person drew them in the computer.

Raster graphics -- commonly used for photos -- are simply pixel-by-pixel representations which can be generated by sampling the image using a camera or scanner. They cannot be scaled arbitrarily.

Examples of vector graphics formats include .pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format), .ps (Adobe PostScript), .ai (Adobe Illustrator), .svg (Scalable Vector Graphics), .wmf (Windows Metafile), .emf (Enhanced Metafile), and .swf (Shockwave Flash).
>> Anonymous
>>99675

pdf is not vector as such - it can both contain vector AND raster formats..
>> Anonymous
if you're wanting to put any vectors up on here, it would probably be best to upload it as an SWF on the Flash board.

Or perhaps embed it into a jpg.
>> Anonymous
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You can always vectorize the bitmap :)
>> Anonymous
>>99674
I'm pretty sure the .ai stands for "Adobe Illustrator".