Joining Forces
•Most programs combine aspects of data types
•Adobe Photoshop
–Has text that can stay “geometric” indefinitely
–Has layers to make defining raster “objects” easier
–Has spline-based path tool for defining selection/mask
areas
•Adobe Illustrator
–Can import raster images and transform them (although
you can’t edit any pixel
data by hand or adjust contrast, etc.)
–Can “paint” with brush-like tool that saves stroke as a
filled path
•Corel Painter: Many combo features such as “snap-to-path painting”
•3D programs use texture mapping and “polygon painting”
•3D graphics increasingly combining image-based (raster) and geometric techniques