Vector graphics vs. bitmap on the Ami

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Having done a little research on the internet about Vector graphics and having seen a demo of ProVector back in '92 at the Berkeley Ca user group, what capablities are there on the Amiga to use them? Are they better than bitmap? Can you animate them? Or is it just limited to print media, such as use in FinalWriter? Thanks if anyone can give me some general guidelines or point me to any docs around that can explain it.

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Thanks for the detailed reply.

I take it, that there isn't much available on the Amiga side.

Would the old Fantagrphics program be concidered an early Vector program?

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Yeah! FantaVision, what a neat program. I think I played with it for a few months on my brothers A500. Too bad he ditched it before I got back from my stint in the Navy.

(and there is no way of converting the anims to a more common format - besides capturing them with a VCR or PC video capture card).

Does anyone know how Eric Shwartz saved his FantaVision anims in order to put them on his ESProductions CD?

I think theres a demo of ProVector somewhere in my pile. I wonder what I can do with it

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Their plans to help retain Dream17 require your assistance. They would like someone with experience of vector art files to convert their logo into a vector file so that they can begin using it as a basis for all sorts of merchandise.

The post above by Dream17 kind of prompted this question. What would someone use to do what they ask, for example.

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Well, I tried a demo of ProVector, but I wasn't too impressed. It didn't look very good on my stock A3000 as far as the colors went. Very blocky.

Hey Donny, what kind of drawing programs are you involved in designing? 2D and 3D? Hmm.