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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: KOffice Website
From:       Robert Knight <robertknight () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-09-26 20:45:57
Message-ID: 13ed09c005092613452a534a0a () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi Tim,

I think it would help if you included the word scale in your
explanation - for example "A vector graphic can be scaled to any size
with no reduction in the quality of the image."  Some pictures would
be useful to illustrate the idea perhaps?

On 9/26/05, Tim Beaulen <tbscope@gmail.com> wrote:
> A small text for the Karbon website.
> I tried to explain a little what the difference is between a vector
> based drawing and a pixel based drawing. It's hard to explain this
> completely without getting boring though. So I tried it with an
> example.
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> Karbon is a vector drawing application for KOffice. Karbon gives you
> the possibility to create complex drawings without loosing quality.
> Easily and quickly transform your ideas to first class drawings with
> Karbon.
>
> What makes a vector drawing different from a pixel based drawing?
> In a pixel based drawing, a line contains an amount of pixels. When
> this lined is zoomed in, the pixels will be enlarged. This means that
> the quality of the image will go down.
> With a vector drawing, this same line is not made up out of pixels,
> but contains a start and an end point. The computer will fill in all
> the pixels necessary between the start and end point. Each time the
> line is zoomed, the computer will calculate the new amount of pixels
> from the start point to the end point again. This way, zooming in on
> the line will not enlarge the pixels, but will increase the amount of
> pixels. Doing this will keep the quality of an image.
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