Raster graphics
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Raster graphics is a method of representing an image as a grid-shaped array of pixels. Each pixel holds a color value, and bitmap file formats such as BMP, PNG, and JPEG belong to this category. It is well suited to representing complex color variations such as photographs, but produces jagged edges when enlarged, in contrast to vector graphics, which represent shapes with mathematical formulas and stay sharp regardless of size.
See also
- Raster graphics editor
- Vector graphics editor
- 3D modelling software
- Dither
- Halftone
- Pixel-art scaling algorithms
- Raster graphics
- Raster graphics editor
- Raster graphics file formats
- Raster image processor
- Raster scan
- Rasterisation
- Text semigraphics
- Texture atlas
- Vector graphics - a contrasting graphics method