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 ...

Vector graphics are infinitely scalable images created using mathematically defined elements. In simpler terms, you can make a vector graphic as large or small as you want without losing any quality.

Vector graphics are stored as a list of attributes. The attributes are used by the computer to create the graphic. Rather than storing the data for each pixel, the computer will generate an object by ...

The first part of this two-part feature on vector editing tools outlined the history and background of vector image creation and examined Inkscape, an open-source vector editing application, and ...

Co-ordinates are used to identify the position of an object on screen. Most shapes will make use of at least two coordinates, X and Y. In the most common vector graphic file format (SVG), the default ...