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OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify Raster graphics and Victor graphics;
2. Describe Raster and Victor’s graphics.
Not sure whether to go for vector vs raster graphics? Both are essential tools for
digital designers and content creation professionals, but outside of art school, you
might not have really heard of either of these terms.

If you have a bit of graphic design knowledge, you’d know that there are essentially
two kinds of graphics: vector and raster. As we explored in our 
vector graphics explained breakdown, vectors are graphics comprised of points,
lines, and curves held together via mathematical equations, allowing them to be
"resolution-independent." This means you can scale them indefinitely and they
won’t suffer a loss in quality.

Rasters, on the other hand, are made up of pixels or tiny dots that compose an
image using color and tone. Since their building blocks are pixels, raster images do
not feature the kind of scalability that vector images do. Being significantly different
in nature, the two kinds of graphics have different uses, strengths, and weaknesses.