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Shank Graphics
GameCreator
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July 2002
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Paul whoknows
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September 2004
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So it seems Rayman Origins has been done using textures too! I think I'm focusing too much in tech field and underestimating the importance of professional artwork :( I guess that's ok, I'm just a programmer after all :P

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SiegeLord
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October 2006
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underestimating the importance of professional artwork

Are you saying that it takes no skill to create good looking vector images?

Anyway, it's waste to not use pre-rendered vector graphics unless you plan to do deformations and/or massive scaling.

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Paul whoknows
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September 2004
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No. I'm saying those game look so great that I thought they were made using real-time vector graphics techniques, but I was wrong, those games look great mostly because of the artwork of professional artists and designers.

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Matthew Leverton
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January 1999
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A picture is worth a thousand lines of code. :-[

Specter Phoenix
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July 2001
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Does one take more memory than the other? I can't find anything about that. Was just curious about the pros and cons of Vector graphics to bitmap graphics.

LennyLen
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December 2004
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Bitmaps will usually take more memory, especially at larger sizes. Vector graphics require more computing power.

Specter Phoenix
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July 2001
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LennyLen said:

Bitmaps will usually take more memory, especially at larger sizes. Vector graphics require more computing power.

So it is one of those things where you are trading one for the other.

relpatseht
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September 2004
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Essentially, but he forgot to include vector graphics can also be transformed, though, that may have been implied.

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