Scans are pictures that usually come from book, magazine... and can be extended
to pictures or wallpapers from official websites. And it isn't something a MT
member can claim to own.
Vectors are a kind of pictures a member make using PS or any other graphical
sofware.
The wallpapers are pictures that are made by MT members to be used to decorate
the computer (instead of the usual background by Default brought by Windows (a
green field with a blue sky if my memory is good) or Linux... or any other one),
the wallpapers here usually mix scans or vectors or camera pictures or drawings
and "effects" (it can be cleaning the scan, blending or resizing the
different parts, creating elements (winds, flowers...) etc...).
Quote by alminaScans are pictures that
usually come from book, magazine... and can be extended to pictures or
wallpapers from official websites. And it isn't something a MT member can claim
to own.
Vectors are a kind of pictures a member make using PS or any other graphical
sofware.
The wallpapers are pictures that are made by MT members to be used to decorate
the computer (instead of the usual background by Default brought by Windows (a
green field with a blue sky if my memory is good) or Linux... or any other one),
the wallpapers here usually mix scans or vectors or camera pictures or drawings
and "effects" (it can be cleaning the scan, blending or resizing the
different parts, creating elements (winds, flowers...)
etc...).
wow people on MT are very talented coz those wallies really look like pictures
from magazine, so what are vectors? O.o
I also want to add that vectors are not just scans with their backgrounds
cleaned out- they are usually traced over completely. Vectors also have all the
lines in mathematical formulas and when enlarged they lose no quality at all. If
you like to think of it this way, a square is essentially a vector, because you
can make it very large and it still is a square- it loses no quality.
What I mean by lose quality is getting pixelated and getting artefacts over it.
The "vectors" you see here on Minitokyo are actually not real vectors
because they are in jpeg format. Anything jprg, gif, bmp are bitmap files (and
many other file formats). When you try enlarging bitmap fixes, you'll get pixels
(tiny squares) and that's what's meant by lost quality
All the vectors in the gallery before rasterized (turned into bitmap format)
were all vector files (like the original file they worked on). So in a sense
vectoring is a medium- but to share it on Minitokyo, they aren't real vectors-
but "vectored" images
Also, I'd like to add that vectoring is basically an art technique. Instead of
using brushes, smudging, and filters (those are raster-based techniques, ie
using pixels), vectoring uses the pen tool to create paths. On the original
file, the paths create the shapes, not pixels, so they lose no quality when
resized etc. Here on MT, most vectors are traced from scans, but vectors can
also be used for original art as well. Since vectoring uses paths, there's
little to no blending between colours (unless you use gradients), or filtering
effects.
Most wallpapers on MT uses either an extracted scan, or a vector as the focal
image, then created the background using brushes, vectors, filters etc.
Quote by kuroimisaI also want to add
that vectors are not just scans with their backgrounds cleaned out- they are
usually traced over completely. Vectors also have all the lines in mathematical
formulas and when enlarged they lose no quality at all. If you like to think of
it this way, a square is essentially a vector, because you can make it very
large and it still is a square- it loses no quality.
What I mean by lose quality is getting pixelated and getting artefacts over it.
The "vectors" you see here on Minitokyo are actually not real vectors
because they are in jpeg format. Anything jprg, gif, bmp are bitmap files (and
many other file formats). When you try enlarging bitmap fixes, you'll get pixels
(tiny squares) and that's what's meant by lost quality
All the vectors in the gallery before rasterized (turned into bitmap format)
were all vector files (like the original file they worked on). So in a sense
vectoring is a medium- but to share it on Minitokyo, they aren't real vectors-
but "vectored" images
I'm also moving this thread to the art forum
your reply is so informative i feel
dumb sorrounded by people like you
whats the difference between vector, scans, and wallies? O.o
sorry if this is stupid
Scans are pictures that usually come from book, magazine... and can be extended to pictures or wallpapers from official websites. And it isn't something a MT member can claim to own.
Vectors are a kind of pictures a member make using PS or any other graphical sofware.
The wallpapers are pictures that are made by MT members to be used to decorate the computer (instead of the usual background by Default brought by Windows (a green field with a blue sky if my memory is good) or Linux... or any other one), the wallpapers here usually mix scans or vectors or camera pictures or drawings and "effects" (it can be cleaning the scan, blending or resizing the different parts, creating elements (winds, flowers...) etc...).
wow people on MT are very talented coz those wallies really look like pictures from magazine, so what are vectors? O.o
Vectoring is a digital art style, normally used to enlarge a scan or better the quality using vector software, photoshop, illustrator, flash.
Here's a comparison, the top is a vector of the bottom image.
http://www.clearlypixelated.com/vector/artwork/ks_sky_comp.png
I also want to add that vectors are not just scans with their backgrounds cleaned out- they are usually traced over completely. Vectors also have all the lines in mathematical formulas and when enlarged they lose no quality at all. If you like to think of it this way, a square is essentially a vector, because you can make it very large and it still is a square- it loses no quality.
What I mean by lose quality is getting pixelated and getting artefacts over it. The "vectors" you see here on Minitokyo are actually not real vectors because they are in jpeg format. Anything jprg, gif, bmp are bitmap files (and many other file formats). When you try enlarging bitmap fixes, you'll get pixels (tiny squares) and that's what's meant by lost quality
All the vectors in the gallery before rasterized (turned into bitmap format) were all vector files (like the original file they worked on). So in a sense vectoring is a medium- but to share it on Minitokyo, they aren't real vectors- but "vectored" images
I'm also moving this thread to the art forum
Also, I'd like to add that vectoring is basically an art technique. Instead of using brushes, smudging, and filters (those are raster-based techniques, ie using pixels), vectoring uses the pen tool to create paths. On the original file, the paths create the shapes, not pixels, so they lose no quality when resized etc. Here on MT, most vectors are traced from scans, but vectors can also be used for original art as well. Since vectoring uses paths, there's little to no blending between colours (unless you use gradients), or filtering effects.
Most wallpapers on MT uses either an extracted scan, or a vector as the focal image, then created the background using brushes, vectors, filters etc.
your reply is so informative
i feel
dumb sorrounded by people like you
thanks for your replies
Also, vectors are mathematically calculated points. Just to add.