GNVQ ICT - Intermediate

Unit 6 - Graphics and Desktop Publishing

Vector

Hyperlinks on the level above: [Home Page for Unit 6] [ Graphics ] [ Dektop Publishing ] [ Designing Documents ] [ Pre-release for 2007 ]

Hyperlinks:

On this level:

Bitmap
Vector
Charts and graphs
Presentation
Scanned images
Clipart

On the level below:

 

Vector graphics:

Programs on the school network such as Draw, 2D Design, DesignCAD and Chief Architect Pro work in a different way.  You draw a series of shapes, lines, text and also use fill colours and patterns to colour or shade them.  These are stored by the program as formulae - so that you can select any one or more and change them by stretching or altering the colour, thickness etc.  Files tend to be smaller than bitmaps and will stretch to a larger size without losing their quality:

 

Vector graphic original size (100%) top and 50% bottom

Vector graphic double height and double width (200%)

Vector graphics programs usually have “draw” or “CAD” in their name whilst bitmap programs usually have “paint” in theirs.  Other vector graphics programs include Corel Draw and Serif DrawPlus.

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