My Dad, who does lots of woodworking, wants to use a vector graphics program to draw his patterns. He' sbeen using various raster graphics programs, and is frustrated (he's an engineer) by the lack of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The PSD files created by Adobe Photoshop are known as bitmap or raster images. Essentially, they're essentially made up of a grid of colored pixels. For some purposes, including common business uses, ...

Vector graphics and raster graphics are the two graphic types produced with graphic design software. Whether you’re using Photoshop for rasters, Illustrator for vectors, or an array of alternative ...

Illustrator is a popular Adobe application for creating vector graphics, one of the two main forms of computer graphics. Unlike bitmap images, vector graphics are mathematically generated and retain ...

SVG is an acronym for a Scalable Vector Graphics file, commonly used in graphics programs like Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. It's considered a resolution-independent file format, because you ...

Adobe Illustrator is not as well-known as its eponymous cousin Photoshop, but it's far from a niche application. Illustrator is a piece of vector graphics software that's better suited for creating ...

You don’t have to spend a fortune on expensive, over-powered graphics software to create promotional materials for your small business. We’ve got five open source programs to get the job done. Do you ...

The need for high-quality digital design content continues to grow as more businesses, creators, marketers and online sellers compete for attention across websites, social media, advertising, ...