Vector Me

yes, i did say that. but i think that this is more of a rastor you and not a vector you since you drew it in photoshop. u should use it as a template and redraw it in a vector program.

vector programme??

Fireworks? whats the difference between vector and Raster? cant you do vector in photoshop?

Originally posted by lazyroll
cant you do vector in photoshop?

No.

oh.. i thought i had been doing vecotrs all that time and now i know i havent.... hmmmm

im slightly confused

ok then try taking your, what you thought vector image, and blowing it up 600%. see all those big multi colored squares? those are called pixels and they make up a rastor image. now do the same with a vector image or illustration in illustrator. oh, it's crispy clean no matter what size. that's a vector image.

i did actually try that the other day..... but it looked like it came out ok...

http://www.pixelated-designs.co.uk/unclejohnvector.psd

there... try it.. i think its fine... but maybe i didnt blow it up enough.... i think i tripled the size

ok dude, u're missing the whole point. i don't even have to look at that .psd to know that it's not a vector image. photoshop uses a raster grid and draws with pixels. illustrator draws with vector lines.
don't be lazy, look at these links and learn the difference:
http://www.ccimaps.com/main/vector_raster
http://www.123clipart.com/vectrast.html
http://www.sonic.net/mnitepub/pccafe/editorspic/adobe_illustrator8/vector_raster.html

i explained this a while back but i cant find the old post lol

vector and bitmap are two different formats of graphics. bitmap graphics are pictures created by taking lots and lots of little squares, called pixels, each of different colors. when they are put together and viewed from a little way back, it looks like an image. generally, the more pixels there are in an image, the finer/sharper the image is. however no matter what, when you zoom in you'll see the pixels.

vector graphics, rather than being made of pixels, are made with points and lines. it's information rather than a picture. This is generally why vector graphics are smaller in size than bitmaps. oh also vector graphics can be zoomed in, out, and resized to your heart's content without pixelation or without the quality getting worse, because it's all based on points and lines and not pictures.

bitmaps can only be downsized without losing quality, which is why a lot of designers say to design things bigger than you need them. it's also why a lot of people do their art at, like, 300 dpi.

in case you're wondering, photoshop is a bitmap program. Illustrator and Flash are vector.

*cough*

Originally posted by supahsekzy
it's also why a lot of people do their art at, like, 300 dpi.

Not quite right. It's senseless to design at 300dpi just to make it larger for web. 300 dpi is for print. If you want something for web, use 72 ppi, just make your canvas size nice a large and size down accordingly. It does work to design at 300 and resize to 72, I just dont see a point, you end up with the same thing if you resample the image, and if you dont, you end up working with massive, unnecessart file size.

Knowing approximately the size you will be using helps speed up your workflow. Adding size and unnecessary resolution is a no-no.