![]() I put the question to the community as to whether the galleries should welcome raster live effects and it was met with mixed results. While some previous GMs had a relaxed approach to featuring vector art with raster elements, I'm not comfortable with "bending the rules" and felt the issue needed to be tackled. Although that suited myself fine, it was a bit of a sting in the tail for some members. Previously, the galleries only welcomed work that was pure vector work, and if it contained raster elements then DA required it to be placed in the mixed medium galleries. In my spare time, I'm a Volunteer Gallery Moderator (GM) of the vector galleries on deviantART. You can change the resolution of the raster live effects by modifying the options, so is this argument redundant? Case Study: deviantART ![]() However, with these effects, you could argue that while they are scalable they do have a limit, which in theory vector doesn't have. This is why it's referred to as a "live effect." When you reshape/resize the object with this effect on, AI recalculates the effect applied and renders it in real time. You can see this process in closer detail by checking out my screencast on creating a vector drop shadow effect. Today's article isn't going into a debate we had previously which was on Vector vs Raster as we're still working with vector but with raster live effects however, exactly what are raster live effects?įrom an Adobe Illustrator point of view, when you use a raster live effect on a vector object it duplicates the vector object, rasterizes it, applies X effect and then groups it with the previous vector object. It got me thinking about how important purity is within our communities and whether going the extra mile to make something 100% vector is worth the extra time spent over saving time and potentially our clients money to add a quick effect? Or is it more of a case of pride rather than saving time? Raster Live Effects While others may share the pride of a scalable format, using a live effect can cut down the time needed to create the elaborate pieces and deliver more polished effects. There's often a sense of pride and achievement for those who are able to produce elaborate pieces of vector art without the need for raster live effects, such as feathering and blurs. Consider an artist using 90% vector in their work and only 10% raster live effects, would you class this artist as a "vector artist" or would you see them as a "mixed medium artist"? Do you think "vector art" should be without raster live effects? Today's article looks at this debate.
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