Posts tagged "graphics"

Vector graphics scale infinitely; raster images don't. But not every photo belongs as SVG. Here's when tracing makes sense, when it doesn't, and the algorithms that do the work.

When you resize an image, your software has to invent new pixel values. The algorithm it uses determines whether the result is crisp, blurry, or filled with jagged artifacts.

RGB and HEX are the same thing in different notations. HSL is much more intuitive for humans. CMYK lives in print. Understanding these distinctions saves you from confusing color bugs.

SVG is the only image format that is also code — you can write it by hand, animate it with CSS, and scale it to any size without quality loss. Here is what every web developer should know about it.