Although Canvas is the HTML graphic component we tend to think of first, we shouldn't forget SVG, which provides vector graphics using tags and script. We take a programmer's look at how it all works.

In the first of this 'FOSS v proprietary' series we looked at some of the best software for editing and manipulating bitmap images. With digital photography such programs replace the earlier darkroom ...

If you have an interest in computer graphics or design, it doesn't take long to realize there are two different kinds of graphics: vectors and rasters. Although you might not be able to tell the ...