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- ideapad-320
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Bitmap vs. Vector
It would be wierd if this would be quotedi do not know if i aggre whith jerry1000 wrote:i agree with GyroscopeBill and stickfiregames but not epicsandwich123.That's not a great solution as you will still lose the quality of the image.Support for a message when you switch, it would prevent this from happening accidentally.
no support, just press back!
No you wouldn't, he means press the undo button which reverts it to exactly what it was before you converted it.Dear Scratch team,thats what bitmap was for.
I am very angry at the Scratch art program right now, when you convert Bitmap to Vector or Vector or Bitmap it gets all pixely and loses its information! Please do something about this!
Thanks!
jubjub24Well, that's what the bitmap is for. Pixely art.i aggre whith this post
But I agree that the bitmap quality has lowered from 1.4 to 2.0…A bitmap image is stored as an array of pixels, whereas a vector image is a connection of proportional splines which initiate anti-aliasing. And you're probably wondering what that means. It means, when converting a bitmap image to vector, it keeps it's bitmap properties and appearance, and becomes one object. Unless a tracer is used in an external program, it pertains its bitmap properties, and therefore looks the same, although you can then draw vector over or behind it. When converting from a vector image to a bitmap image, it needs to change it. A vector image is saved in .svg format, whereas a bitmap can be .png, .jpeg, .bmp, and more. The bitmap images are stored as a grid of pixels, so when the vector image is converted to bitmap, it must lose its control points (splines), lose its anti-aliasing, and obtain bitmap properties inherited from a converter. That's a lot, but the Scratch Wiki Paint Editor article can explain morethat was a lot of writing i aggre with
As for bitmap, there have been glitches where pixels would snap to subpixels instead of the 1 pixel intervals. I usually prefer vector artyou know a lot about bitmap and vectorwhere is the bitmap? I'm trying to make a game but I need it! ;(Bitmap is by default in the Paint Editor when your draw a new sprite. At the bottom-right of the paint editor is also:
And the button is opposite if already in bitmap.It would be great if bitmap images were compatible with the vector editor. I think that would solve most of people's problems.Those blocks are off-topic!
, when you convert Bitmap to Vector or Vector or Bitmap it gets all pixely and loses its information! Please do something about this! 
- dude341
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Bitmap vs. Vector
I thought this was in bugs and glitches, nvm.Do not necropost.Necroposting doesn’t exist in this forum.
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While there is a way to easily convert Vector into Bitmap, you can't do so vice versa–and either it's impossible, or takes a really large amount of time and effort and difficulty to implement.
- ItsMarbles
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Bitmap vs. Vector
I don't really think this is possible, at least not without a lot of work. Bitmap images contain pixels to represent an image, whereas vector contains math and coordinates. Converting between these two will inevitably result in quality loss. Hope that helps! 
- -ShadowOfTheFuture-
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Bitmap vs. Vector
No support, it's called pressing the undo button.
- Botcho_Otkho
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Bitmap vs. Vector
Support for a message when you switch, it would prevent this from happening accidentally.Just undo.
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No support, bitmap is an array of pixels and there is no way to prevent it.
- gusdn2
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Bitmap vs. Vector
How about draw very big bitmap and later change its scale?
- wWSunPandaWw
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Bitmap vs. Vector
How about draw very big bitmap and later change its scale?We have a limited space to work with.
And with the way Bitmap pixels are stored, anything you put outside of the space is nonexistent.
- WJCSara
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Bitmap vs. Vector
where is the bitmap? I'm trying to make a game but I need it! ;(
Bitmap is a little blue button at the bottom of ur screen that may say, convert to bitmap or convert to vector if u r on bitmap.
- WJCSara
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Bitmap vs. Vector
I honestly like bitmap cuz u can do so many things and go so many places, I thank scratch 4 bitmap
- catzrulezalwayz
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hey scratch i was wondering if you could fix the converting from bitmap to vector ‘cause it gets all pixely 
thanks!
and bitmap is better ’cause you can erase without problems so yeah
thanks!and bitmap is better ’cause you can erase without problems so yeah
Last edited by catzrulezalwayz (Nov. 28, 2019 01:50:13)
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Bitmap vs. Vector
hey scratch i was wondering if you could fix the converting from bitmap to vector ‘cause it gets all pixelyYou can press
and bitmap is better ’cause you can erase without problems so yeah
Command+Z
Control+Z
- Nambaseking01
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Bitmap vs. Vector
I think the OP is referring that only few features are available in Vector and the others are in Bitmap, and whenever they switch their art gets blurred. The only way to fix that is to add the features of Bitmap to Vector as well (e.g. colouring the background).
- _ReykjaviK_
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Bitmap vs. Vector
where is the bitmap? I'm trying to make a game but I need it! ;(You can change between them in the bottom of your editor
- deeki
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Bitmap vs. Vector
If you accidently click on Bitmap, to restore it to vector without losing the ability to move separate objects and other stuff like that, just press the undo button 
- PotatoApocalypse727
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(long unnecessary quote and reference to a browser extension removed by moderator - please don't spam)
And also I don't wanna necropost so here are my thoughts on this: I think that when you convert Bitmap to Vector it should come up as a single thing. But when you click on it, you can hit ungroup and it will turn into a bunch of squares.
And also I don't wanna necropost so here are my thoughts on this: I think that when you convert Bitmap to Vector it should come up as a single thing. But when you click on it, you can hit ungroup and it will turn into a bunch of squares.
Last edited by Paddle2See (June 3, 2021 08:41:58)
- LoUlaGaMes
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Bitmap vs. Vector
Every time I upload a picture it automatically makes it bitmap help
- fdreerf
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Bitmap vs. Vector
Every time I upload a picture it automatically makes it bitmap helpAll images are bitmap as they are made up of a grid of pixels. You can't change that, though you can convert it to vector to get a vector object so it is more malleable, though it will still be a bitmap image.
- mybearworld
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Bitmap vs. Vector
No, the Undo Button.That's not a great solution as you will still lose the quality of the image.Support for a message when you switch, it would prevent this from happening accidentally.
no support, just press back!
- cat_tap
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It would be wierd if this would be quotedwelp. its quoted
. Anyway, bitmap converts it to pixels. so:
when you convert Bitmap to Vector or Vector or Bitmap it gets all pixely and loses its information! Please do something about this!They cannot change this, it does exactly what is supposed to do!
Changing vector to bitmap will cause it to turn into the form of pixels. the bitmap convertion is specifically for this purpose, and also so the scratch program can upload bitmap images, and then you can convert it to vector, which will allow you to draw on top of an image. If you take a vector image and shrink it down, then convert it to bitmap, back to vector and resize it back to its original size, it will turn it into a pixelated character. This is how you can use the converter .- Discussion Forums
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