In
graphics design
Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipl ...
, a vector path is a drawn or generated outline that represents a series of smooth straight (vector) lines instead of
raster dots (or
bitmap
In computing, a bitmap is a mapping from some domain (for example, a range of integers) to bits. It is also called a bit array or bitmap index.
As a noun, the term "bitmap" is very often used to refer to a particular bitmapping application: th ...
dots). Therefore, the paths are independent of
resolution. They also have a special feature that bitmaps and vectors do not have - the ability to change based on their new size or shape.
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Vector graphics