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Zedrin — Vectors and You
Published: 2013-06-07 23:11:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 23468; Favourites: 333; Downloads: 256
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Aaah that is great! Thank you very much. Have a nice day. :3
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This is wonderful, thank you! I've known what a vector was, but only the base definition (especially the no-pixelization thing). This explains wonderfully what I've been curious about for a while.
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While I already know what vectors are, I thought I'd read this and see what it had to say. I have to say this is one of the best explanations I've seen.
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I made this cause it's a lot easier to just toss people a DA link instead of reiterating myself again and again xD
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AHHHHH thank you so much for making this because I was seriously about to make something like this myself. Every time I see the word vector applied to a raster image I just... >:U
I do wonder how the misconception happened in the first place though.
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Thanks, that's very helpful. My friend has given me false information of what a vector is, and I've been using the term incorrectly.
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well now you know.
AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE
GEE EYE JOOOOOOOOOOOE
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Well done! I enjoyed reading this even though I am certainly aware of what a vector is
Could you clarify something for me? What do you mean by "If you want to blame someone for tracing/recoloring, blame those who use the .PNG exports as such..."? (It's in the Closing Notes section, 5th bullet.)
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I'm referring to those who save the .PNG exports, then recolor/trace those and try to say they're vectoring as well (when they're raster images anyway).
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Ah. Easy to tell because of the aliasing. Thanks for clarifying
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The bugging factor came to a tipping point not necessarily by pokes. Thanks for the contribution.
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This is one of the best, and most detailed explanations I've seen regarding the nature of vectors.
Great Job!
It's a shame that Ponyscape wasn't mentioned tho... but I guess that's the drawback to being an advanced derivative of Inkscape.
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Wow, I thought everybody knew that. Well, I guess you did well because apparently not.
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I've just started vectoring, and there certainly is a lot of tech to learn. I would say that good vectoring is/can be an art, as the vector 'artist' will need to make judgements on how to convert an often blurry image that might have animation errors into something more pleasing.
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well yeah, but the technical side of it that focuses on rebuilding/tracing scenes isn't quite an artistic skill, but rather a technical one.
Freehand vectors meanwhile require both technical know-how and artistic ability.
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Damn good explanation. ^_^
Next time I am accused of stealing assets in my work I will cheekily flash up this image!
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Thank you for this. It's annoying to explain all this stuff to people over and over again... This will come in handy
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It should be internet law that anyone who wants to use the term "vector" in any context ever (including maths) needs to read this first to see if they are being retarded.
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Woah, cool! Thanks! The more you know!
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This is a great explanation and will certainly come in handy in the future.
Although another common misconception that might be nice to include is that many people seem to think that a transparent background is what makes a vector.
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Previous to getting into vectoring myself, I was one of those pathetic people who thought that ;_;
I thought a vector was an image with thick lines, high quality, and a transparent background. (aka, MLP style art saved as a PNG) ... *hangs head in shame*
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It is truly sad how many people believe that.
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Very good overview the only thing I'd add is explaining that PNG/JPG/etc are raster images (describing a scene pixel by pixel, possibly with lossy compression to save space) as to make it clear why they aren't vectors.
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This has been requested a few times so I added it in there.
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*applauds* .. Fantastic explanation!
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That pretty much covers everything, I think. Nice little tutorial.
One little suggestion: To prevent some possible confusion, maybe add a sentence somewhere like:
"99% of the "vectors" you can see (and save via right-click>save image as) on dA, tumblr, EQD, ... are just png files created by rastering the vector at some high resolution. If you want to get the actual vector, search for a download link for the svg file (usually in the description)."
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oi, thought I had mentioned that. I'll add that note in
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Hits the nail right on the head about vector graphics. It frustrates me how little some people know this.
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Well, this is an awesome and informative tutorial about what a vector is. XD Now I just need to find out HOW to make them. lol
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Check the vector club, they have a TON of good tutorials for common vector programs.
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Very clear and easy to follow. Even as a vector artist, I found great enjoyment in reading this.
Well done
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Very well said, especially "what vectors are NOT".
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I felt that was the most important thing to address up front
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As someone who does not make traces or free to use resources, I personally thank you for trying to spread the word on it.
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I thought vectors were just common poses with clear bgs? apparently not.
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Nope. You have no idea how frustrating it is that people think this. The definition of a vector has nothing to do with poses or backgrounds.
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Well, this is well done, but isn't it basically common knowledge?
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Also when I say ignorant I mean like a few commentors in this post: [link]
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Seriously, this is ridiculous. Someone say something, OOOHHHHHHH, WE MUST STOP HIM!
Someone else says something else, OOOOOHHHHHHHHHH, WE MUST STOP HIM!
Talking about a/an picture/image, OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH, WE MUST FIND AN ARGUMENT.
Just talk, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, MUST ARGUE!
Walao leh, small things also want to argue. All no brains is it? I suggest these people go do something else... All die la.
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Suggesting people to kill themselves over this is equally immature.
Point in case, the reasoning of people like Arthur in this fandom is annoying at best and cancerous at worst. It's leading to a lot of art theft, including theft and resale of my own work just because I agreed to let someone make a vector.
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Yes, I'm equally immature. That's quite okay.
At least I have the common sense to know that an argument like that has a meaningless level of, let me see, zero.
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You're being openly hostile to me over a matter I'm not even involved in. Any common sense you claim to have is totally invalidated by that.
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Alrighty then. Good to know that I have invalidated common sense.
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