Raster and Vector Grafikz

Raster and Vector Graphics

Raster graphics use bitmaps to show the image.  That's why when they are resized, they become very pixelated.  But they colors and shading in raster images are superior to vector graphics.

This is example of raster graphics.  Notice how the images are pixelated and zoomed in?  Because resizing is not something raster graphics are good for.

Vector graphics, however, are created digitally and are much better for resizing because the computer will create paths that connect the points of an image.Vector images are in "p", which means progressive scan.  Progressive scan means frames are rendered one at a time, while "i"(interlaced) are rendered in halves of frames. 

These graphics are connected by lines created digitally.  They can be resized and look the same.

X-Wing project

At first, during the project I was spending a lot of time on the placement of the ships.  I spent way to much time messing with where the spaceships would go rather than the camera movements or the explosions or lasers.  Then, during the middle I was sick for two days.I didn't have the Blender file during those two days, therefore i was two days behind everybody else.  I had a very specific plan for the story in the beginning, but I had several technical difficulties including unwanted extrapolation.  I ended up having to delete a ship to overcome most of the problems.  My lasers are decent, one of them disappears before the camera leaves ( so I didn't have to move it because I'm too lazy to animate that) and another one doesn't actually hit the target.  I had some trouble with the modifiers at first, but then I got a handle on it.  Garageband was the easiest thing in this project, and I had no idea how to make credits/title.  But Jon Duke helped me out with that.  If I had to do this project again I would make my lasers better and start the explosion earlier so that is is on screen longer.

this is the youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3VvFMM_sec