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# i wish i knew
what layers were :)
(I helped save b3ta! Mr Nerdy-Speccy-FuckNuts Ouchy ouchy wa wa!, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:03, archived)
# So you can do shit ontop of other shit without affecting the original shit
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:05, archived)
# sounds like
its the shit
(I helped save b3ta! Mr Nerdy-Speccy-FuckNuts Ouchy ouchy wa wa!, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:06, archived)
# Thats a lot of shit!

(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:07, archived)
# *takes notes*
And what's a "vector layer" and a "rasta layer"?
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:08, archived)
# That was a serious question.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:13, archived)
# Vector Masks
are mask made up by paths that is describe by it's vector points thereby allowing for mathematical scaling thus being able to retain shape and quality no matter what the size. Rasterised layers are simply made up of pixels in a bitmapped form (not the .BMP format which is bitmapped) so that when it's scaled up the missing pixels are interpolated (i.e. calculated by the program based up the nearest groups of pixels and look terrible when scaled up too much or scaled down.

/geek blog
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:20, archived)
# Once I stopped being terrified by the big words that actually made sense.
Thank ye.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:23, archived)
# At last
a sensible explanation.
(I helped save b3ta! Mod Edit, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:10, archived)
# and shit
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:16, archived)
# if you've ever seen how they do cell animation
with the sheets of transparent plastic with the cartoon art painted on each layer - it's a bit like that only in software and with greater control.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 21 Dec 2008, 19:06, archived)