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Here's the "scoop" on bitmaps.
Bitmap images are created when a graphic is scanned into a computer using a
scanner, or when it is created in one of the many graphics packages like
PhotoShop, Paint, etc. You can tell a bitmap from one created as a vector
(or outline) by looking at a printout of the image. On a laser printer or
high-quality inkjet printer, print out your image. If it has edges that
are "jagged" then the image is probably a bitmap. Realize that
if you send an image that is a bitmap, that we cannot use that image, without
modification, to print a higher-quality product. So, if you like the
laser-print quality of your image, we can use it. If not, then we may be
able to "clean" it up or recreate it..
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Bitmap
Image Below
Files with names ending in
(extensions):
.bmp, .pcx, .tiff, .jpg, .gif (and some others) It is possible to save
bitmap images in vector files -- they still are bitmaps though!!!
Notice the jagged edges
(exaggerated for illustration). If your artwork has jagged edges
on a printout, then it probably is a bitmap. *** Note that all
screen images will have some slight jaggedness due to the screen
displaying everything as a bitmap. ***
Rough edges
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*** Please note that since this page was produced with the
intention of being viewed off the web on your monitor, all three images above
were converted to bitmaps and as such, have jagged edges. This is why the
image on the left was modified to exaggerate the jagged nature of bitmaps.
The other two images should be viewed as having smooth edges. ***
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