Graphics+Software

Here is some information about graphics softare!

Painting applications are basically free hand painting and drawing using a mouse. Some features of it is: A palette from which the user can choose colours is given as an option Freehand pens and brushes offering different styles and line thickness Colour fill tools Spray cans and eraser tools Cut, copy and paste Zoom (to work in finer detail)

Bitmap graphics made by painting packages are made up of pixels, which can individually be edited.

Drawing packages consists of lines, shapes and coordinates. Drawing packages are also know as vector drawing packages. Drawing packages generally has the same features as painting packages.

Vector graphics are based on mathematical relationships with control points that make up the image. These points are connected by lines and curves called vector paths or vectors.

Advantages: The files sizes can be smaller because unlike bitmap images, vector images don't store data in each pixel.