CRI 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Geometric Primitive, Limited Animation, Typography

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Creative Industries
• Course: CRI 300
• Professor: T B D

Document Summary

Digital design studio - week 5 part 1. Bezier curves and anchor points are used. Scalable and does not depend on resolution. Lack of color blends and continuous tones; crisp color. The web supports both raster (bitmap) and vector graphics. Raster/bitmap graphics are loaded as separate files. Vector graphics as separate files or series of programming commands. Combined regular elements using html and css. Various methods to create the same outcome. Suited for displaying photographs and paintings of realistic scenes. Small amount of colors available (256 colors) Used for transparent photos placed on mixed color backgrounds - layering on web pages (like a jpeg, but with transparency support) 24 and 32 bit color information; uncompressed. Small graphics that require color precision and transparency. Choose the right image format for your intention. Standardized 2d vector graphics format for the web. Can be used as an alternative filetype to illustrator. Document that contains various pieces of information about each geometric primitive.