This tutorial shows you how to vectorize an image using Illustrator. Many of us just view all images as the same, nothing particularly different. Until we are working with images in a project and the ...

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 ...

We currently have more than 100 image formats in use. Depending on your use, a specific image format can come in handy. For instance, JPG image formats are helpful for image compression and let you ...

Converting pixelated images to vector images used to be a hassle, but a new online tool from students at Stanford University makes the entire process a breeze. Peter is a managing editor for the CNET ...

SVG is an acronym for a Scalable Vector Graphics file, commonly used in graphics programs like Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. It's considered a resolution-independent file format, because you ...

A raster image is like a photo in your newspaper. Look closely and you’ll see it’s made up of equally spaced round dots in several distinct colors. But if you look at an ad featuring a line drawing or ...

In the first of this 'FOSS v proprietary' series we looked at some of the best software for editing and manipulating bitmap images. With digital photography such programs replace the earlier darkroom ...

It takes years to perfect graphics conversion algorithms, especially when switching between vector and raster formats. Just because an application imports or exports a particular format does not mean ...

We all download images or create memes to share on social media, whether casually or for professional purposes. However, because converting everything into PDF resolves quality issues, we don’t seem ...

Most of your digital photos are stored in the JPEG format (a.k.a. JPG), but when you download an image from the web these days, it may be using the more modern WebP format. It's likely you're also ...