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llamaguy
Scratcher
100+ posts

Why doesn't going from bitmap to vector work?

When you convert what you did in vector to bitmap, why can't you convert that back to vector?

Last edited by llamaguy (March 29, 2013 17:50:22)

bobbybee
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Why doesn't going from bitmap to vector work?

Well, vector is actual shapes, where as bitmap is just colors. In the computer, vector looks like “draw line from 0,0 to 50, 50”. But bitmap looks like “White White White Red White White White White Red.” To do vector to bitmap, you just draw it, but for vice versa, you have to use complicated, imprecise algorithms (hence the quality loss)
curiouscrab
Scratcher
500+ posts

Why doesn't going from bitmap to vector work?

I think that would mess up the costume and going from Vector to Bitmap and editing would mess up the Vector before.

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