Adobe: Illustrator

Types of Graphic Editors:

• 1. Bit map

     • also known as raster

     • bit map or raster graphic define an image pixel by pixel

• • photos are bit map graphics

  • if you zoom real close, the image consists of small squares of colors

  • if you try to make a bit map image too large, it will pixelate.

• 1. Vector

     • vector graphic define an image by the path an line needs to follow to create the image.

     • if you zoom in real close, the image consists of the lines that make up the image

     • a vector image always look the same, if you magnify the image or shrink the image.

Illustrator is a vector graphic editor.