Are the term raster and vector only applicable to 2d graphics?
The rendered image format might be one way to distinguish them but what about a program like blender?
If they can be classified as such, are 3d programs like blender raster or vector?
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For 3D apps, I think it’s easiest to think of the ‘building’ aspect of the model as being based on vectors, and the ‘rendering’ aspect being based on raster.
To take a very simple example: Sketchup. You can build a 3-D box and rotate it all you want. It’s easy to rotate this because it’s a set of vector instructions that the computer can quickly re-calculate to make a temporary raster version for your pixel-based screen. You can then go a step further and add textures, lighting, shading, shadows, etc, and have Sketchup render a static, detailed raster version of a particular view.
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