We often hear the term bitmap and vector, especially in the world of computer graphics. Bitmap and vector are two types of categories of images or image in the computer graphics. Understanding of the differences in the two types of images will be very helpful in creating and editing digital images.

Ordinary bitmap images are also called raster images is a collection of small boxes (pixels). Pixel dots are placed at specific locations with the values of its own color as a whole will form an image display. Images of type bitmap is actually a mosaic of thousands or millions of pixels. When working with bitmap images we will edit the pixels that are part of an image object.

Bitmap display capable of showing smooth gradations of color and shadow of an image, because it is a bitmap type of electronic media are most appropriate for the images with the fusion complex shades, such as digital photographs and paintings.

Highly dependent bitmap images with the resolution, because every picture has a certain number of pixels. This means that an image will depend on the number of pixels that form them. If the image size enlargement done with a small resolution, then the image will lose detail and will look pixel boxes that jagged.

Vector-type images formed from the lines and curves the results of mathematical calculations from several points, thus forming an object image. vector displays an image based on the calculation of the geometric coordinates of the image.

Vector image display, although is relatively more rigid than a bitmap display, the quality does not depend on image resolution. Picture this type can be changed to various sizes and also can be printed at the level of any resolution without loss of detail and sharpness of the image. View vector is the best choice when it comes to displaying pictures that should be able to maintain the sharpness of the line when ukuranya changed. When working with vector images, we will edit the object based on the vector (mathematical calculations) it.

Because the monitor displays the image by using a network point, then both types of images (bitmap and vector) is shown as a pixel on the screen. Similarly when we want to display vector images into a web page, where we have to do is export vector images into a format supported by your browser (JPG, GIF, PNG, etc.). The nature of vector images that have been in export is automatically changed into the type of bitmap / raster, although made with the program / software producing the image vector (corel draw, Adobe illustrator, freehand).