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Vector • Program used:

•  ILLUSTRATOR

• Characteristics: •  Usually an Illustration •  Images details are VERY precise •  NEVER CHANGES, no matter how much you enlarge •  Files take up less memory than bitmaps

Bitmap • Program used:

•  PHOTOSHOP

• Characteristics: •  Usually a photograph •  Image details are less precise than vectors •  “Pixelizes” as the image is enlarged •  Files take up a lot of memory space

Examples

(Pixelizing)

Examples

PAUSE: Vector vs Bitmap Quiz Game •  Take the quiz below before you move on:

•  http://edu.dixonsca.com/file.php/1/lo34/swf/LO34.swf •  Record your score

Drawing Vectors •  Illustrator has a powerful tool

called the Pen Tool. •  This tool will allow you to draw

PRECISE lines, outlines, and objects.

• You will be learning how to use the pen tool to make precise outlines of objects

Pen Tool Practice • Go to

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/how-to/pen-tool-game.html •  Play the game, record your total

• Go to http://bezier.method.ac/ •  Record the number of “nodes” that it took you for each of the

shapes it asks you to create

Learn Pen Tool Techniques •  Follow the video tutorial to learn the ins and outs of the

pen tool

• You will be creating a simple shape:

• And you will learn how to recreate a more complex character drawing

Project: Cartoon Character • Open a new Illustrator document. • Name it: LastName_PenTool_CharacterAndDrawing •  Find a cartoon character from the internet that you want to

recreate. • Use the pen tool to outline the character. Pay attention to

any parts of your character that can be made with shapes. • Be sure to put your character on the BACK layer, and your

pen tool drawing on the FRONT layer • Be as PRECISE as possible!

Project: From an Actual Drawing • Draw a simple object or character that you will want to

recreate. • Scan your image into the computer • Add an Artboard to your Illustrator document • Use the pen tool to outline your drawing. Pay attention to

any parts of your character that can be made with shapes. • Be sure to put your actual drawing on the BACK layer,

and your pen tool drawing on the FRONT layer • Be as PRECISE as possible!

Resources The Vectors vs Bitmaps •  http://www.teach-ict.com/as_a2_ict_new/ocr/

AS_G061/316_present_communicate_data/bitmaps_vectors/miniweb/pg4.htm

•  http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/bitmap-versus-vector •  http://vector-conversions.com/vectorizing/raster_vs_vector.html