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Raster
Raster data is a method of storing information as a 2D matrix of cells.
Raster data creates images known as bitmaps ? literally, a map of bits. They are used for texture files, height maps, light maps, and other applications where detail of a fixed, and unchanging size is required.
Raster data suffers when it is resized. This is because it is a map of points. The only way to reduce it in size is to remove points, resulting in a loss of information. When a raster is enlarged, it pixelates as there is no new data to add, the points just become larger.
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(30/05/2005)
(Press Release) Boulder, CO ? May 18, 2005 ? Today Electric Rain, Inc.? announced the release of Swift 3D? version 4.5, a standalone application allowing designers to build and export vector and raster-based 3D animations for Macromedia Fla...
(11/04/2013)
Modern hard drive technology is reaching its limits. Engineers have increased data-storage capacities by reducing the widths of the narrow tracks of magnetic material that record data inside a hard drive. Narrowing these tracks has required...
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