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Acorn 6 0 4 B1 – Bitmap Image Editor Photoshop

Current Stable VersionAcorn 6 0 4 B1 – Bitmap Image Editor Photoshop Cs2
Acorn 6 0 4 B1 – Bitmap Image Editor Photoshop Cs6
The current stable release of GIMP is 2.10.22 (2020-10-04).
Acorn is an image editor for MacOS 10.11 and later, including MacOS 10.15 Catalina. Version 6.6.2.Read the full release notes.Also available on the App Store One of a kind, no subscriptions, no hassle.
Love them or hate them, if you do enough image editing you're going to need to use them at some point. Acorn 6 makes it easier than ever to load and save profiles to your image from the Color Profile sheet.
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Acorn 6.1.3 b1 – Bitmap image editor (beta). Sublime Text 4.0 Build 4088 Dev. October 13, 2020. DxO Photo Software Suite  October.
The native file format of Acorn is.acorn. Acorn combines vector drawing with bitmap editing, 6 and has been described as an alternative to Photoshop. 7 Key features of Acorn include image filters, a custom color picker, a brush designer, and image editing tools such as crop, erase, paint, select, pan, zoom, move, clone, smudge, dodge, and burn.
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GIMP for Unix-like systemsAcorn 6 0 4 B1 – Bitmap Image Editor Photoshop Cs2 If available, the official package from your Unix-like distribution is the recommended method of installing GIMP!
 The flatpak build is new and has known limitations, though it will likely provide faster updates, following GIMP releases closely. 
 Therefore choose your installation medium according to your needs. 
 Flatpak build available in: i386, x86-64, ARM and AArch64. 
Flatpak additional instructionsThe flatpak link above should open your software installer and prompt you to install GIMP. Yet it may not work out-of-the-box on some platforms since the flatpak technology is new. If that is the case, ensure flatpak is installed and if clicking the link still does not prompt to install GIMP, then manually install by command line: 
flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref
 Once installed, it will be made available exactly the same way as other applications (menus, desktop overview, or any specific application launch process used by your desktop). 
 If this is not the case, we suggest to report a bug to your desktop or distribution asking for proper support of flatpak. In the meantime, you can still run it by command line (not as the recommended method, only a workaround): 
flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP//stable
 This installation will also provide regular update. You don't have to come back on this page and install again (it will not work!) when a new version of GIMP is released. Instead if your distribution and/or desktop has a good support for flatpak, it should propose to perform updates. 
 Once again, if your distribution does not have proper support, you can always fall back to using the following command line: 
flatpak update
Systems without flatpak support GIMP can also run on Solaris and is available for the BSD family of systems such as FreeBSD and OpenBSD. 
 Please refer to the documentation for your Unix-like system on the installation of software. 
GIMP for macOSNote: the currently available package provides GIMP 2.10.14 and has not yet updated to the latest version, GIMP 2.10.22. We're working on that, please check back later.
 The download links above will attempt to download GIMP from one of our trusted mirror servers. If the mirrors do not work or you would rather download directly from our server, you can get the direct download here. 
 Supported OS: macOS 10.9 Mavericks or over 
Since the 2.8.2 version, GIMP runs on OSX natively. No X11 environment is required.
Native buildThe official GIMP 2.10 DMG installer (linked above) is a stock GIMP build without any add-ons. Just open the downloaded DMG and drag and drop GIMP into your 'Applications' folder.
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Older DownloadsPrevious installers for OSX can be found here: download.gimp.org.
Macports An easy way to compile and install GIMP and other great Free software on your Mac is by using Macports. The installer allows you to choose from a large directory of packages. To install gimp using Macports, you simply do sudo port install gimp once you have Macports installed. 
 Last we checked, the GIMP port file pointed to the current stable release and we have reports from people who've built GIMP successfully this way. 
Homebrew Homebrew is similar to Macports and provides packages (aka formulas) to install, either by compiling them from source or by using pre-made binaries. There are indications that there is now a formula for GIMP, installable with: brew tap homebrew/cask && brew cask install gimp. 
NOTE! Please be aware that it was announced recently that Homebrew is using analytics. To turn this off in homebrew then run: brew analytics off
 You can read more about this on Brew Analytics. 
Fink Fink is a package repository that offer mostly precompiled binaries. It provides the apt-get command known to e.g. Debian and Ubuntu users, and installing GIMP is as easy as sudo apt-get install gimp once you have installed the Fink installer. 
 If there's no binary package, then fink install gimp will compile GIMP from source. 
Naagin 3 naagin 3 start. Disclaimer: we haven't been able to determine if it is possible to install or build recent GIMP from Fink. Last we checked, GIMP 2.6.12 appears to be the most recent GIMP package that is offered there. 
GIMP for Windows The download links above will attempt to download GIMP from one of our trusted mirror servers. If the mirrors do not work or you would rather download directly from our server, you can get the direct download here. 
 Supported OS: Windows 7 or over 
 These links download the official GIMP installer for Windows (~200 MB). Fotomagico pro 5 6 13 14. The installer contains both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of GIMP, and will automatically use the appropriate one. 
 BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing system. It works by downloading GIMP from a distributed network of BitTorrent users, and may improve download speed dramatically. Choosing this option will download the torrent file for the GIMP installer. You may need to install a torrent client to make use of this file. Learn more..
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Older Downloads Previous v2.10 installers for Windows can be found here: download.gimp.org. 
 Previous v2.8 installers for Windows can be found here: download.gimp.org. 
GIMP User Manual These links download language-specific Windows installers for GIMP's local help. By default, they will place the help files with your GIMP installation. 
 Note: GIMP uses online help by default. If you want to use this local help offline, you will need to change GIMP's help settings. 
In GIMP, select [Edit] > [Preferences] > [Help System]
For 'User manual', select 'Use a locally installed copy'
Under 'Help Browser', you can choose between your system's web browser and GIMP's help browser plugin (if available).
 See the online help for more settings. 
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Source for version 2.10 (Stable)GIMP releases available from gimp.org and its mirrors contain the source code and have to be compiled in order to be installed on your system.

Acorn 6 0 4 b1 – bitmap image editor photoshop cs6

For instructions, how to build GIMP from source code, please see this page.
Acorn 6 0 4 B1 – Bitmap Image Editor Photoshop Cs6GIMP 2.10.22 is now available at https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.10/. You may want to read the Release Notes for GIMP 2.10.
To allow you to check the integrity of the tarballs, here are the hashes of the latest releases:
gimp-2.10.22.tar.bz2 (sha256): 2db84b57f3778d80b3466d7c21a21d22e315c7b062de2883cbaaeda9a0f618bbgimp-2.10.20.tar.bz2 (sha256): e12f9f874b1a007c4277b60aa81e0b67330be7e6153e5749ead839b902fc7b3cgimp-2.10.18.tar.bz2 (sha256): 65bfe111e8eebffd3dde3016ccb507f9948d2663d9497cb438d9bb609e11d716gimp-2.10.16.tar.bz2 (sha256): cbf9fe9534b913a9487b00cd9710cbc569bfd71fdd2f8c321547701a7d70cbebgimp-2.10.14.tar.bz2 (sha256): df9b0f11c2078eea1de3ebc66529a5d3854c5e28636cd25a8dd077bd9d6ddc54gimp-2.10.12.tar.bz2 (sha256): 7d80b58e0784120d57d327294f6a1fda281ff51a61935c2cd764da281acaac71gimp-2.10.10.tar.bz2 (sha256): 12d1f243265c7aee1f2c6e97883a5c90ddc0b19b4346cf822e24adbb6c998c77gimp-2.10.8.tar.bz2 (sha256): d849c1cf35244938ae82e521b92b720ab48b8e9ed092d5de92c2464ef5244b9bgimp-2.10.6.tar.bz2 (sha256): 4ec8071f828e918384cf7bc7d1219210467c84655123f802bc55a8bf2415101fgimp-2.10.4.tar.bz2 (sha256): ffb0768de14a2631b3d7ed71f283731441a1b48461766c23f0574dce0706f192gimp-2.10.2.tar.bz2 (sha256): 1cb0baaecdefe44d371a15f2739a1bcbce4682336b4ccf8eb7b587ce52c333ebgimp-2.10.0.tar.bz2 (sha256): 7fcc96fb88cb0a0595d2610f63a15dec245bb37bf9db527d37a24fb75e547de2 GIMP help files are available at https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/help/. 
 Please consider using one of the mirrors listed below. 
Development snapshotsWe now have a separate page for development versions of GIMP.
Want to check out the GIMP development release?
Get it on our development downloads page.
FTP and Web Mirrors We had a server move a while back that caused us to lose our existing mirrors (moved from physical to virtual server and to an environment that doesn't allow FTP access). On the plus side, we are now able to offer rsync access to download.gimp.org. 
 If you are running one of the existing GIMP mirrors, or want to create a new one, please contact us to get your rsync credentials. 
https://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/gimp.org/pub/gimp/ftp://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/gimp.org/pub/gimp/rsync://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/gimp.org/pub/gimp/Denmarkhttps://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gimp/gimp/ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gimp/rsync://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gimp/Finlandhttps://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/rsync://rsync.nic.funet.fi/ftp/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/Francehttp://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/gimp/ftp://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/gimp/rsync://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/gimp/Germanyhttps://ftp.fau.de/gimp/gimp/ftp://ftp.fau.de/gimp/gimp/rsync://ftp.fau.de/gimp/https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/https://artfiles.org/gimp.org/pub/gimp/Greecehttps://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/gimp/ftp://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/gimp/Japanhttp://www.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/Netherlandshttps://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/gimp/gimp/ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/gimp/gimp/Philippineshttp://mirror.rise.ph/gimp/ftp://mirror.rise.ph/gimp/Polandhttps://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/ftp://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/rsync://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/gopher://ftp.icm.edu.pl/1/pub/graphics/gimp/Swedenhttps://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/gimp/ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/gimprsync://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/gimpUkrainehttps://gimp.ip-connect.info/gimp/rsync://gimp.ip-connect.info/gimp/ftp://gimp.ip-connect.info/mirror/gimp/https://mirror.klaus-uwe.me/gimp/gimp/ftp://mirror.klaus-uwe.me/gimp/rsync://mirror.klaus-uwe.me/gimp/United Kingdomhttps://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/United Stateshttps://mirror.jaleco.com/gimp/gimp/https://mirror.umd.edu/gimp/gimp/http://gimp.cp-dev.com/ftp://devhost.cp-dev.com/gimprsync://gimp.cp-dev.com/gimphttps://mirrors.syringanetworks.net/gimp/gimp/ftp://mirrors.syringanetworks.net/gimp/rsync://mirrors.syringanetworks.net/gimp/https://mirrors.xmission.com/gimp/gimp/ftp://mirrors.xmission.com/gimp/gimp/When you're getting started with image editing, there are some technical concepts that you need to know that will help you decide which tools you can work with. I won't bog you down with tons of boring technical jargon, but instead, give you a brief introduction to Bitmap (also known as Raster images) and Vector images and the differences between the two. By taking a few minutes to learn about it, you'll have a much better understanding of how to work with both of these image types in Photoshop.Download Photoshop Free 7 Day Trial
In Photoshop you create and work with images that fall into two categories:
Bitmap images – made from pixels
Vector images – made from paths and points
Bitmap imagesA Bitmap image, which is also known as a raster image, is made up of pixels.
What's a pixel I hear you ask?
A pixel is simply a block of colour. It is the smallest individual part of a digital image. Every digital photograph is made up of a grid of pixels and the number of pixels in the image will depend on the device used to create the image i.e. a digital camera or a scanner.
With a typical image taken from a modern camera, the pixels are so tiny and numerous that you don't see them individually. However, when you zoom in and magnify your view of the image, you'll see the image starts to look blocky. Those blocks are the individual pixels.
In the example below, you can see a picture I took of one of our dogs using my camera phone. Viewed at 100% (or actual size) the individual pixels are not visible and they give the impression of blending together to form the overall image.
Viewed at 800% though, you can clearly see each colour box or pixel.
If you're creating a brand new image in Photoshop, you decide how many pixels it has by entering the information into New Document dialog box when you're creating a new file. The image resolution of your file affects the image quality and how large the file is.
For graphics for the web or screens, use 72 pixels per inch (known as low resolution)
For high quality colour printing, use 300 pixels per inch (known as high resolution)
Rule of Thumb for choosing a resolutionIf you know that you are creating graphics or editing photographs that will be used for print AND web, start your new file at a high resolution (300 ppi) . You can always lower the resolution of an image from 300 to 72 ppi. It is not a good idea to try and go from low to high resolution. Very occasionally it might look 'kinda ok' on screen when you go from low to high, but the quality will be poor and your design will look rubbish. It's always better to start with a high res image and reduce its size and quality if needed rather than vice versa.
If you know that you are creating graphics or editing photos that will ONLY be used for web, then you can start your new file at a low resolution of 72 ppi.
Here is where you determine the resolution when you choose File > New in Photoshop.
Photoshop Raster ToolsMost of the tools in the Photoshop toolbar work by manipulating pixels. For example, all of the tools that work with brush tips, such as the painting tools, the clone stamp tool, the blur tool and so work by changing or affecting the individual pixels in your image or design.
Pixel-based File FormatsWhen it comes to saving your files, JPEGs, GIFs, PNGs and TIFFs are all raster image file formats. Raw files from your camera are also raster images, and you can edit them in Photoshop using Camera Raw.
Vector imagesVector images are composed of points and paths. They are shapes and lines created by mathematical equations. The shapes can be filled with solid colours or gradients or they can have strokes (basically an outline) or they can have both a fill and a stroke.
The really great thing about vector images is, any object you draw or create this way can be scaled up without any loss of quality. Unlike raster images which can look blocky and distorted as you scale up in size, vectors keep their beautifully smooth curves and crisp lines. That is why vectors are used frequently in graphic design, especially for logo design.
Bitmap and Vector Side By SideIn the image below, you can see two versions of Mickey Mouse, the one on the right is a raster image made up of pixels, while the one on the left is created using vectors. At 100% both look fine. (Mickey Mouse is copyright of Disney)
Now if each version of the image is enlarged, the vector version (on the left) keeps its beautiful smooth curves and precise lines, while the raster version looks horribly blocky and pixelated.
Photoshop Vector Tools

Acorn 6 0 4 b1 – bitmap image editor photoshop cs2

For instructions, how to build GIMP from source code, please see this page.
Acorn 6 0 4 B1 – Bitmap Image Editor Photoshop Cs6GIMP 2.10.22 is now available at https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.10/. You may want to read the Release Notes for GIMP 2.10.
To allow you to check the integrity of the tarballs, here are the hashes of the latest releases:
gimp-2.10.22.tar.bz2 (sha256): 2db84b57f3778d80b3466d7c21a21d22e315c7b062de2883cbaaeda9a0f618bbgimp-2.10.20.tar.bz2 (sha256): e12f9f874b1a007c4277b60aa81e0b67330be7e6153e5749ead839b902fc7b3cgimp-2.10.18.tar.bz2 (sha256): 65bfe111e8eebffd3dde3016ccb507f9948d2663d9497cb438d9bb609e11d716gimp-2.10.16.tar.bz2 (sha256): cbf9fe9534b913a9487b00cd9710cbc569bfd71fdd2f8c321547701a7d70cbebgimp-2.10.14.tar.bz2 (sha256): df9b0f11c2078eea1de3ebc66529a5d3854c5e28636cd25a8dd077bd9d6ddc54gimp-2.10.12.tar.bz2 (sha256): 7d80b58e0784120d57d327294f6a1fda281ff51a61935c2cd764da281acaac71gimp-2.10.10.tar.bz2 (sha256): 12d1f243265c7aee1f2c6e97883a5c90ddc0b19b4346cf822e24adbb6c998c77gimp-2.10.8.tar.bz2 (sha256): d849c1cf35244938ae82e521b92b720ab48b8e9ed092d5de92c2464ef5244b9bgimp-2.10.6.tar.bz2 (sha256): 4ec8071f828e918384cf7bc7d1219210467c84655123f802bc55a8bf2415101fgimp-2.10.4.tar.bz2 (sha256): ffb0768de14a2631b3d7ed71f283731441a1b48461766c23f0574dce0706f192gimp-2.10.2.tar.bz2 (sha256): 1cb0baaecdefe44d371a15f2739a1bcbce4682336b4ccf8eb7b587ce52c333ebgimp-2.10.0.tar.bz2 (sha256): 7fcc96fb88cb0a0595d2610f63a15dec245bb37bf9db527d37a24fb75e547de2 GIMP help files are available at https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/help/. 
 Please consider using one of the mirrors listed below. 
Development snapshotsWe now have a separate page for development versions of GIMP.
Want to check out the GIMP development release?
Get it on our development downloads page.
FTP and Web Mirrors We had a server move a while back that caused us to lose our existing mirrors (moved from physical to virtual server and to an environment that doesn't allow FTP access). On the plus side, we are now able to offer rsync access to download.gimp.org. 
 If you are running one of the existing GIMP mirrors, or want to create a new one, please contact us to get your rsync credentials. 
https://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/gimp.org/pub/gimp/ftp://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/gimp.org/pub/gimp/rsync://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/gimp.org/pub/gimp/Denmarkhttps://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gimp/gimp/ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gimp/rsync://mirrors.dotsrc.org/gimp/Finlandhttps://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/rsync://rsync.nic.funet.fi/ftp/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/Francehttp://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/gimp/ftp://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/gimp/rsync://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/gimp/Germanyhttps://ftp.fau.de/gimp/gimp/ftp://ftp.fau.de/gimp/gimp/rsync://ftp.fau.de/gimp/https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/https://artfiles.org/gimp.org/pub/gimp/Greecehttps://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/gimp/ftp://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/gimp/Japanhttp://www.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/Netherlandshttps://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/gimp/gimp/ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/gimp/gimp/Philippineshttp://mirror.rise.ph/gimp/ftp://mirror.rise.ph/gimp/Polandhttps://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/ftp://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/rsync://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/gopher://ftp.icm.edu.pl/1/pub/graphics/gimp/Swedenhttps://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/gimp/ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/gimprsync://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/gimpUkrainehttps://gimp.ip-connect.info/gimp/rsync://gimp.ip-connect.info/gimp/ftp://gimp.ip-connect.info/mirror/gimp/https://mirror.klaus-uwe.me/gimp/gimp/ftp://mirror.klaus-uwe.me/gimp/rsync://mirror.klaus-uwe.me/gimp/United Kingdomhttps://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/United Stateshttps://mirror.jaleco.com/gimp/gimp/https://mirror.umd.edu/gimp/gimp/http://gimp.cp-dev.com/ftp://devhost.cp-dev.com/gimprsync://gimp.cp-dev.com/gimphttps://mirrors.syringanetworks.net/gimp/gimp/ftp://mirrors.syringanetworks.net/gimp/rsync://mirrors.syringanetworks.net/gimp/https://mirrors.xmission.com/gimp/gimp/ftp://mirrors.xmission.com/gimp/gimp/When you're getting started with image editing, there are some technical concepts that you need to know that will help you decide which tools you can work with. I won't bog you down with tons of boring technical jargon, but instead, give you a brief introduction to Bitmap (also known as Raster images) and Vector images and the differences between the two. By taking a few minutes to learn about it, you'll have a much better understanding of how to work with both of these image types in Photoshop.Download Photoshop Free 7 Day Trial
In Photoshop you create and work with images that fall into two categories:
Bitmap images – made from pixels
Vector images – made from paths and points
Bitmap imagesA Bitmap image, which is also known as a raster image, is made up of pixels.
What's a pixel I hear you ask?
A pixel is simply a block of colour. It is the smallest individual part of a digital image. Every digital photograph is made up of a grid of pixels and the number of pixels in the image will depend on the device used to create the image i.e. a digital camera or a scanner.
With a typical image taken from a modern camera, the pixels are so tiny and numerous that you don't see them individually. However, when you zoom in and magnify your view of the image, you'll see the image starts to look blocky. Those blocks are the individual pixels.
In the example below, you can see a picture I took of one of our dogs using my camera phone. Viewed at 100% (or actual size) the individual pixels are not visible and they give the impression of blending together to form the overall image.
Viewed at 800% though, you can clearly see each colour box or pixel.
If you're creating a brand new image in Photoshop, you decide how many pixels it has by entering the information into New Document dialog box when you're creating a new file. The image resolution of your file affects the image quality and how large the file is.
For graphics for the web or screens, use 72 pixels per inch (known as low resolution)
For high quality colour printing, use 300 pixels per inch (known as high resolution)
Rule of Thumb for choosing a resolutionIf you know that you are creating graphics or editing photographs that will be used for print AND web, start your new file at a high resolution (300 ppi) . You can always lower the resolution of an image from 300 to 72 ppi. It is not a good idea to try and go from low to high resolution. Very occasionally it might look 'kinda ok' on screen when you go from low to high, but the quality will be poor and your design will look rubbish. It's always better to start with a high res image and reduce its size and quality if needed rather than vice versa.
If you know that you are creating graphics or editing photos that will ONLY be used for web, then you can start your new file at a low resolution of 72 ppi.
Here is where you determine the resolution when you choose File > New in Photoshop.
Photoshop Raster ToolsMost of the tools in the Photoshop toolbar work by manipulating pixels. For example, all of the tools that work with brush tips, such as the painting tools, the clone stamp tool, the blur tool and so work by changing or affecting the individual pixels in your image or design.
Pixel-based File FormatsWhen it comes to saving your files, JPEGs, GIFs, PNGs and TIFFs are all raster image file formats. Raw files from your camera are also raster images, and you can edit them in Photoshop using Camera Raw.
Vector imagesVector images are composed of points and paths. They are shapes and lines created by mathematical equations. The shapes can be filled with solid colours or gradients or they can have strokes (basically an outline) or they can have both a fill and a stroke.
The really great thing about vector images is, any object you draw or create this way can be scaled up without any loss of quality. Unlike raster images which can look blocky and distorted as you scale up in size, vectors keep their beautifully smooth curves and crisp lines. That is why vectors are used frequently in graphic design, especially for logo design.
Bitmap and Vector Side By SideIn the image below, you can see two versions of Mickey Mouse, the one on the right is a raster image made up of pixels, while the one on the left is created using vectors. At 100% both look fine. (Mickey Mouse is copyright of Disney)
Now if each version of the image is enlarged, the vector version (on the left) keeps its beautiful smooth curves and precise lines, while the raster version looks horribly blocky and pixelated.
Photoshop Vector ToolsPhotoshop has a smaller number of tools which work specifically with vectors. They are the Pen tools, the Path and Direct Selection tools, the Shape tools and the Type tools. All of which you can use to create and design graphics which can be increased and decreased in size with no loss of quality.
Check out my Beginners Guide To The Photoshop Pen Tool here.
Is Type Raster or Vector in Photoshop?When you create Type in Photoshop, the characters are made up of vector-based type outlines that describe the letters, numbers, and symbols of a typeface. When you scale or resize type, save a PDF or EPS file, or print the image to a PostScript printer, the vector outlines are preserved. As a result, it's possible to produce type with lovely, clean crisp, resolution-independent edges. You can make the text as big as you want and it will always look sharp.
That concludes this short guide to Raster and Vector images. I hope you've found it useful. If you'd like to learn how to use Photoshop's Vector tools check out my beginner's guides:
How to use the Pen Tool
How to create speech bubbles using Photoshop Vector Shapes
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