Vector Vs. Raster Graphics

• Vector Graphics

  • Rendering embedded in screen-refresh
    • Sensitive to scene and object complexity
  • Variable memory and processing requirement
  • No aliasing
  • Continuous transformations

• Raster Graphics

  • Decoupled from screen-refresh
    • Independent of scene and object complexity
  • Large, but constant memory, processing
  • Frequent aliasing
  • Discrete transformations

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