Jeremy AIT Digital Images

 1. Explain what copyright means. It is a type of intellectual property which pretty much gives the owner the exclusive right to do whatever they want to do with it. 2. Why do we have copyright laws? Copyright laws protect the original expression, usually in forms of art like images, music, etc. from being distributed from someone who doesn't own it, or doesn't have the permission to distribute it. It is mostly used to prevent people from stealing other people's work. It also gives incentive to create new things. 3. How long does copyright last? Copyright varies from place to place, but usually around 50 to 70 years after the owner of the intellectual property's death. After that, it will usually end up in public domain. 4. What will happen if you break copyright laws? Find two (2) examples of when copyright laws were broken, and what action was taken. The most common concequences when breaking copyright laws include monetary fines, loss of property, loss of freedom, or...

1.  What is vector art and why is it used widely in both screen and print? Vector art primarily uses what is called vector graphics. Vector graphics mainly consists of points, lines, curves and shapes, which are based on mathematical formulas. Any art made with vector graphics from software like Adobe Illustrator is considered vector art. Contrast that with raster art or bitmaps, which primarily use pixels. Vector art is widely used in both screen and print due to how scalable it is. Scaling up or down doesn't degrade vector illustrations. Comparing vector illustrations to raster images, scaling up causes pixilation and scaling down and up repeatedly will degrade the image. 2.  What are the benefits of using Adobe Illustrator to create digital images? The benefits of using software such as Adobe Illustrator to create digital images is that vector art is less demanding than raster images, therefore it would be easier to use on weaker hardware. Adobe Illustrator using vector gra...