Vector & raster graphics

How would you describe the term ‘raster graphic’? 

 

• A tiny square of colour

• A symbol that is used to represent an organisation or a product

• When an object or image is able to be made bigger or smaller

• A detailed image created with pixels

How would you describe the term ‘pixel’?

• A tiny square of colour

• A symbol that is used to represent an organisation or a product 

• A symbol that is used to represent an organisation or a product 

• A detailed image created with pixels

Answer explanation

remember pixels are (picture elements) small tiny elements that make up the picture.

What type of graphic is this image showing?

• a bitmap (raster graphic)

• a vector graphic

How would you describe this shape?

• 3-cornered polygon, rounded corners, yellow fill, blue dotted stroke

• 4-cornered polygon, rounded corners, yellow fill, blue dashed stroke

• 3-cornered polygon, rounded corners, yellow fill, blue dashed stroke 

• 3-cornered polygon, rounded corners, yellow fill, black dashed stroke

What has been used to place this shape/path in its current position? 

• Align right sides to page

• Align left edges to page

• Distribute left edges equidistantly

• Centre on vertical axis to page

Bitmap (or raster) images are stored as a series of tiny dots called pixels.

• True

• False

What is a logo?

• A tiny square of colour

• A symbol that is used to represent an organisation or a product

• When an object or image is able to be made bigger or smaller

• A detailed image created with pixels

How would you describe this image?

• 6-cornered star, rounded corners, green fill, black dotted stroke

• 5-cornered star, rounded corners, green fill, red dotted stroke

• 6-cornered star, rounded corners, green fill, red dashed stroke 

• 6-cornered star, rounded corners, green fill, red dotted stroke

When you zoom in on a bitmap image you can see the individual pixels that make up that image

• False

• True

A bitmap image has to store colour information for each individual pixel that forms the image, this means that...

• bitmap images don't need more storage space than vectors.

• bitmap images require more storage.