Differences between Vector and Bitmap

In this blog post I will be talking about the two different file formats vector and bitmap and the advantages and disadvantages of them both. I will also be talking how these file types is used within certain photo editing softwares such as Photoshop, Illustrator and dream weather. 

Bitmapp is a file which is mainly used for photos and taking pictures so they will look crisp and original which can make them more presentable in certain parts of the media industry such as posters and billboards which can advertise films for the cinemas and these will be edited on photoshop.

But if you change the aspects and ratio of the photo it will make the the photo looked stretched and less professional as the image realise on pixels. If you stretch the photo or alter the size of the photo along with chaining the resolution you will be able to see pixels and this will make them image look terrible for use and it will be used for nothing and you when you see billboards around you don't see all the images pixelated and looking unprofessional. 

With Bitmap depending on the size of the photo or image it only allows you to change the aspect of the ratio so far as the pixels are a certain size. These fie types along with JPEG is used in photoshop and JPEG allows you to put images in Blogger. JPEG is used in photoshop for photographers who take photos or editors who will edit the photos or images in photoshop and the editor will make the photos look more original and realistic instead of illustration or graphic for commercial use.

Vector graphics are an image format which is used for commercial use in such products as children's books and posters such as the BFG books and posters such as The Simpsons and other animated shows. The difference between a bitmap and a vector is that vectors are illustrated shapes that can be used altered and not worry about the pixels as vectors images can be altered to a massive scale and will stay the same resolution. Vector Graphics don't take up as much computer data as bitmap imagery and Vector graphics don't lose quality when they are resized or recoloured.

However vector images are low quality images meaning that they are often used as small images with a basic colour. The type tool in both photoshop and illustrator is a vector tool as you can stretch and alter the text with out the worry of it becoming.

Graphics metafiles are useful because they hold not just Vector graphics they hold both vector and bitmap for example a photoshop file holds vector graphics with all the fonts that you can use whilst you are on photoshop and all the different tools that you can use these are all Vector graphics and the bitmap graphics such as JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PSD, INDD, AI files that you can change your poster that you may have created on photoshop.

The image below is my vector graphic that I created on illustrator and below I have got the steps I took into making my Vector Graphic.

Here is an example of the Vector Graphic I created:

I am now going to illustrate the steps I took into creating my Vector Image.
1.  Firstly I took a Bitmap picture of myself to create an vector image and then opened the image up into Adobe Illustrator.
2. Secondly I began using the pen tool to draw around my face and added a skin tone so I could then add my facial features and then you could see them.
3. Once I had the structure of my head I then began adding my facial features such as my eyes face and putting the colour into my hair and going over my jumper.
4. I kept on using the same technique so I could then add my eye brows and the colour to my eyes.
5. Once I had finished the small details the indentation on the lines below my eyes is an example of a metafile which is a mixture of Vector and Bitmap.
6. After I completed this you have one simple step to make which is remove the background that you are in and you do this by using trace over which creates a A.i file which is a vector image.
7. From these 6 simple steps you will be able to develop an understanding on how to use illustrator and you will also understand how illustrator is compatible with JPEG, PDF and PNG files and the ability to create simple designs such as logos, poster designs and magazine artwork. It was also interesting to see how simple illustrator can be to use.

Bitmap images
Here are some examples of Bitmap images,

Here is the raster image I created which is my DVD Sleeve for my Graphics work.

Conclusion

Vector graphics is used to create logos such as my Assassins creed logo that I created on my DVD sleeve and this allows us to have smoother curvature.
Bitmap imagery is mainly used for photography and video, Bitmap files are mainly compressed due to the size of the data stored on them and these are stored as Raster Imagery.
A metafile is a mixture of vector and bitmap these are also used for pieces such as posters and DVD Sleeves. 

Talk through on how I made my Magazine cover

This blog post is going to be a talk through on how I created my magazine cover. First what I did whilst I was designing my magazine cover I went on to the internet to have a look at some other Film Magazines to use as a template to design my magazine cover and I chose one called FILM and I used this as a template to design my Magazine cover. I took some inspiration from the Film magazine and I used there idea of having the title of the film at the bottom and in the same writing as the Assassins Creed Franchise and I also took from that magazine cover was there are 3 amazing issues to collect with the picture of the issues on the magazine as a selling point by showing the next 3 issues and what films will be reviewed in the magazine. I designed the rest of the magazine myself firstly with it being Assassins Creed I made the main character going into the darkness. I also put the Exclusive interview ad the New Series of Big Bang Theory Announced so you can sell the magazine to other audiences and they might want to find out about the new Big Bang Theory such as the cast of the new series and whats going to happen in a few of the episodes. I also added the Reviews on films that are coming out in cinemas myself because that might attract people to buy it so they can see the latest films due out in cinemas in the near future. I made the FILM title big and bold so it would catch the eye of people when the magazine is on the shelves in supermarkets. I also put the website on there so people can go and visit the website so they can buy the magazine online and send it to there iPad or iPhone. I really enjoyed making this magazine cover and if I was to do it again I would pick a film instead of a game and use different colours on the magazine cover. 

Talk through on how I made my DVD Sleeve

In this blog I will be talking about how I created my DVD Sleeve. Before I started making my DVD Sleeve I took inspiration from my poster so some of the things from my poster I transferred into my DVD Sleeve by keeping my background the same. What I did with my Font on the top is I also kept that the same as well but made the fonts smaller on the top to make it look more like a DVD Sleeve With the Text on the side what I did was I wrote the text and made the text smaller than what it looks like on the top of the DVD Sleeve and rotated the text and positioned the text to where I wanted the text on my page. With the picture of me when I was creating this I looked at the official Assassins creed outfit and I decided that I was going to add the Assassins creed logo onto my outfit and I ddid this by getting the image off google images and took all the white background of the background of the image and then added it to the image but I had to put it behind the image so it was not showing at first then I viewed the image properly and I moved to a position to where I wanted the image on my outfit and made the logo a bit smaller in the process of putting the logo on my outfit. When I was making all the PEGI logos what I did was took all the backgrounds out of the image and then put them to wear I wanted the logos to go and I made them a bit smaller than what they look like on my poster. With the Blurb on the back of the DVD Sleeve I used the same one I used on my poster because my poster and my DVD Sleeve were linked together and I taken a lot of inspiration from my poster I also used the same slogan from my poster on my DVD Sleeve as well but made the slogan a  bit smaller because I had to fit more information on there as well. 

Talk Through on how I made my poster

This blog is going to be on how I created my poster. What I did when I was creating my poster is firstly what I did was research about my background that I could use and I found this on google Images. I used this background because I wanted to create a dark and spooky poster and I wanted to dim my character into the background. Then what I did was I took out a camera the camera I used the take my photo was a Cannon camera I also used the green screen and I chose to wear the Jumper and put my hood up so I could not show all my face and in the Assassins creed series the character never shows his face and I have taken that approach in making my poster. After this I put my picture into Photoshop and using the magic wand I used this to take away all the green screen and I then dragged my picture into the background and I changed the colour of my picture to go with the colour of my background. With the texts what I did with my text is I downloaded it of the Da Font website and the text then downloaded into photoshop. I used the text by using the text box and made my text look like the Assassins Creed series and thats where my inspiration came from with that. With my writing at the top I used the text that was already on photoshop instead of downloading it from Da Font with it being a slogan at the top I did this by just using the text box and once I had done this I made the text bold and this would make the slogan more eye catching to my audience. With the Warner Bros logo and my PEGI rating I got them of goggle images and went through the same process with my photo of me I got rid of the white background by using the magic wand and dragged them into the poster and made the smaller. This is how I made my poster and this is the process I went through making my poster and thought it was a big success. 

Evaluation of My Poster, DVD Sleeve and Magazine Cover

Evaluation on my Poster Magazine Cover and my DVD Sleeve

Production Process 

The Production Process I used was first I Researched some ideas in what my idea was going to be. First I did some research for my chosen genre I was going to base my idea on and the two I chosen was a Comedy genre or a Action genre. After this research I decided to chose an Action Genre for my idea because I thought the Comedy genre would be to difficult in creating a storyline for that certain genre that is why I chose to do an Action theme. My first idea was to do a Superhero theme such as Marvel and make something similar to the Avengers theme but I couldn't think of a story line for this and I thought that creating a Poster a DVD Sleeve and a Magazine cover for this certain film idea so I did some Research on Assassins Creed theme for my Poster, DVD Sleeve and my Magazine Cover and because I know a lot about the games I was able to come up with my own idea for my own Storyline about Assassins Creed and created my own characters for the Poster, DVD Sleeve and Magazine Cover.
When I had a good idea and Story line for my idea I stated to explore and look at different fonts  and titles and I looked at the Game covers and looked at the titles on the front of the covers and looked at the Willy Wonka DVD Sleeve and did a practice on how to change the font and make different curves on the writing using Adobe Illustrator. After I had done this I decided on using the official Assassins Creed font and I downloaded it off Da Font and put the font into Photoshop because I really like the official design instead of creating my own.
After I had came up with my idea that I was going to use for my Poster what I did was did some Research on all the Assassins Creed game covers and got some inspiration from them such as the different poses that the characters are doing in all of them and the way the characters are standing in the game covers with there Heads down so you can only just see there faces and all the backgrounds and had a look at them and came up with my own background to use and the one I used for the Poster was a dark abandoned city.
When I had my ideas for my title, background and characters  I sketched out how I would like to make my poster for inspiration for when I was going to be creating the final poster I drew the main character in the middle of the page and had the main Title underneath him and had the slogan just going above the main characters head but I altered this when I was making my final design. For my DVD Sleeve I designed that straight from the start because I already had an idea on how I was going to create the DVD Sleeve but I had a bit of inspiration from my Poster and I used the background from that into making my DVD Sleeve. For my Magazine cover I did some Research on different Magazine covers such as Total Film and Empire film magazine covers and the main inspiration for making my magazine cover was the Total Film cover and I made my Magazine cover similar to that with the big image of the main character in the middle of the page and all the text around him. I created my own title and called it just FILM to make the magazine cover stand out and make the magazine cover very eye catching.

Sources of Information 

The Sources of Information was helpful because when I was doing research it inspired me into making my Poster, Magazine Cover and a DVD Sleeve because when I was looking at all the game covers they were all inspiring me into making my DVD Sleeve, Magazine Cover and Poster. The Research inspired me when I was making my Poster because of all the different stands they have and this inspired me into doing this in my Poster. My research also inspired me when I was making my DVD Sleeve with all the different fonts that they use on the Game covers and this inspired me into having the official Assassins Creed font on my DVD Sleeve and my Poster and I also used the font for my Magazine cover as well. My research inspired me when I was making my Magazine Cover and what inspired me into making my Magazine Cover was when I was researching in different types of Magazine Covers and I found a few that inspired me into making mins similar to that one but I found one called Total Film and i really like the look of this certain Magazine Cover and made mine similar to this certain one with the big image of the main character and text around him and the title at the bottom of the page in bold. Most of the Research that I did when I was looking at Magazine Covers was on Google Images and the text I downloaded was on DA Font.

Finished Product

The finished products that I created were a Assassins Creed Movie Poster and what is on this is a dark background with the main character in the middle of the page to make him look very eye catching so then you will know who the main character is and the story of the film is based around. For my poster I added a slogan saying Last Assassin Standing this shows that he is the last Assassin standing in the film and this could show that the film will be based on the main character in the middle of the poster. Within my poster I have used the official Assassins Creed font on my poster but only on the title and used different texts for the slogan.
For my Poster what I did was similar to my poster and I made the front of my DVD Sleeve similar to the poster with the main character in the middle of the page and covering most of the page but what i did was made my text smaller and put the main title Assassins Creed The Last Descendent at the top and the slogan is on the back of the cover. What I have also done with the DVD Sleeve I made it look like a Professional DVD Sleeve with a little review on the back from the Daily Mail and the star rating that the film got. I also made the PEGI 18 rating look like it would on a Professional DVD Sleeve I also added the film company that created the film and the official DVD logo on every DVD Sleeve.
For my Magazine cover what I did was I looked at different magazine covers for a template to look at and I found a Total Film magazine cover that I found and made mine similar to that. What I did was put the main character from Assassins Creed The Last Descendent on there as the main focus for the magazine cover. I also used a dark background for my magazine cover and made my character dim into the background on one side and gradually get brighter as it goes across the magazine cover. I also added little bits of text around the main character such as Brand new Big Bang Theory Series announced and Top 10 comedy films revealed. I also added on there Exclusive interview with the actor who plays the main character in the film Assassins Creed The Last Descendent.

Effectiveness

My Poster for my film Assassins Creed The Last Descendent is effective because it is eye catching because of where it will be put around Manchester such as on Buses, Billboards and outside Cinemas people will not miss the poster and it could attract people into going to watch the film with the main character being on there in the middle of the poster covering up the page and people will get to see who it is and if they like the actor that may attract them into going to see the film. Also with the slogan Last Assassin Standing may attract people into seeing the film because it is the finale of the Assassins Creed Story.
My DVD Sleeve for the film Assassins Creed The Last Descendent is effective because if you have seen the film in the cinemas and you really like it this may attract you into buying the film on DVD when it is released. Another way it is effective is the 5 star ratings that the film has been given this can attract people into seeing the film because this shows that people think that the film is good especially if you haven't seen the film in cinemas before. Another way that my poster could be effective is that it has been created by the directors who made the Batman series and this could attract people into seeing the film because the Batman series is a very good series.
My Magazine cover is effective because it has the main character of the new film Assassins Creed The Last Descendent and this is how Magazines sell with them advertising the brand new films that are coming out. Another way it is Effective within the magazine revealing the new Big Bang Theory Series and interviews with the actor who plays the Assassin in the new Assassins Creed film and this can attract people into buying the magazine because people who like Assassins Creed or want to see the film will want to know what the film is about and there be little details in there about the film. Also people will want to know about the latest films that are coming out and people who like Big Bang Theory will want to know about when it is going to be aired on television and people will want to know the actors and what is going to happen in the series. 

Magazine Cover Analysis

This is one of the Magazine covers that I looked at in basing my magazine cover on and some of the things I have taken out of this magazine cover was the top writing and I got the idea of calling my magazine FILM from this magazine cover. One of purposes of this Magazine is to sell the brand new Star Trek film by saying that it is the Boldest and Coolest film of 2009 and with this being on the front cover it will attract and audience to buy the film magazine and make people want to buy the magazine and read about the new films that are going to be released or announced. Another Purpose of a Magazine cover would be that they can only sell the magazine if they have a new film on there such as The new Star Trek film and if they see this on there with some text on there such as exclusive interview with the main character in the new Star Trek film. Another way to sell the magazine is with the text on the side such as New How I Met Your Mother series announced read all details inside. 

This is the magazine cover that I got my inspiration from with all the test at the top with it being so bold it makes the text very eye catching and with the big image of the main character it will attract the audience to buy the film magazine. One of the purposes of this Magazine cover is to sell the magazine by advertising a brand new film because people will want to read about the new films that are going to be released in cinemas and also read about what the plot will be and who the actors are going to be in the new film. Another purpose into selling the magazine will be the text on the front of the magazine such as NEW BIG BANG THEROY and the text will be in capitals to catch the eye of people because it is a popular TV program and people will look into reading the magazine about all the new TV shows and films that are going to be released. 

This one of the other Magazines I looked at which is called EMPIRE and it is similar to the TOTAL FILM magazine with the with the big image in the middle of the magazine to attract customers into buying the magazine because the audience of the Hobbit will want to read about the film. There are other similarities to the TOTAL FILM magazine with the DARK KNIGHT RISES in the corner advertising the new Batman film in the corner and also with the reviews of TAKEN and the new RIDDICK film so people will want to buy the magazine and this is how magazines sell buy advertising new films on the front and reviews to read about. I have based mine around this because the magazine cover is similar to mine with the big image of the main character and the title at the bottom. 

Final Magazine Cover

This is my finished magazine cover that I have created to advertise my idea of a the film Assassins Creed and The Last Decsendedent. What I did before making this magazine cover was analysed some magazine covers that are similar to my idea and found a template online and created mine like that. The took out the background that I have used for my DVD sleeve and my poster that I have made and used a tool on Photoshop to make the main character on the front look like he is disappearing into the darkness into the background. 

I put a drop shadow into my title to make it stand out more when the magazine is in supermarkets so the magazine cover will be eye catching to people and they may pick up the magazine and choose to buy it and a magazine is a marketing tool to and will sell with a new film on the front this is why i have also made my main character to big so he takes up most of the page and all the focus will be on him this will help sell the magazine as well. 

I also added a drop shadow to the website on the front of the cover to also make that stand out more so people will be able to go and subscribe to the magazine for more issues. 

What I did when I added the Assassins creed symbol into the jumper is I clicked onto the layer and scrolled down to Multiply so it would look like it it attached to his jumper.

With the text I had an idea to make some of it in bold writing to make it stand out on the page and underlined the best action film to show that from the film magazine it is saying that the new Assassins Creed film is going to be the best action film of the year and this could attract people into buying the magazine and read about the best action film to come out for a while and persuade people to go and see the film. 

What I did with the 3 issues to collect was to show the next issues there going to be released and also give people an idea of what they are going to be and what films will be reviewed and interviews that will be in the new magazine.