Raster or Vector

kori · Post by **kori** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:36 pm

Is it possible to tell if an animation character was created with raster or vector drawings just by looking at it? I am not talking about background. I am just talking about line-drawn character animation. Look at the character sample below taken from a DVD animation. It looks to me as if it was created with a raster drawing program, but could it have been done with a vector program also?

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:48 pm

My guess is vector. I forgot the name of the software that a lot of Anime is made with, I think its CORE REGAS or REGAL or something, but they draw in vector.

PARKER · Post by **PARKER** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:23 pm

Im not sure but i say vectors.
For example I can make well detailed characters like that one with vectors in anime studio, look at my samples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVruGxeaANo

dueyftw · Post by **dueyftw** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:20 pm

It hard to tell with out seeing the video. If the hair has same repeated moments or doesn't move at all, then I would say raster.

Dale

kori · Post by **kori** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:26 pm

I was wondering if there was a way to look at a clip of animation and tell if it was raster or vector line-drawing. From the posts so far it sounds like there is no way to tell one from the other.

chucky · Post by **chucky** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:05 am

RETAS

Patmals · Post by **Patmals** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:59 am

I'm believe its vector (depending on the age of the animation you were watching). it may look like its raster because of the output medium, or how you are viewing it.
Besides most if not all companies in Japan have gone the digital way, leaving behind the classic cel base and drawing digitally.

You can easily tell its vector if exported as a vector format (eg. swf)

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:14 am

"Created" is not defined enough. Do you mean the rough animation? the character sketches? the clean-up? the rendered animation?

Get used to the idea that each frame of a film may exist in several different stages of development and in different media. Most amateurs suffer from the impression that they only need to create everything once. Professionals know about how sketches, roughs, tests and everything eventually may become finished artwork. Somewhere in that workflow software might get incorporated, some of it bitmap-, other vector-based.

velu · Post by **velu** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:45 pm

May be it is raster or vector. I try tell if you show me a video file.
As my opinion while playing this movie, line will be showed its being.

dm · Post by dm » Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:23 am

Why does it matter?

Darramouss · Post by **Darramouss** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:58 am

I kind of agree with dm. You need to find your own style and make it your own rather than copy somebody else's.

chucky · Post by **chucky** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:26 am

Er the question of raster or vector implies nothing about style or imitation.