I have a small animation of a vector I made as I built it up, which may illustrate it a bit better.

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Fri 4 May 2007, 23:45,
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If you're interested in trying some vectoring, I believe Tattyshop/PSP have in-built vector functionality, as does the GIMP (it's just a bit crap). I would recommend a dedicated vector package though, such as Illustrator, or the free Inkscape.
Personally I like Xara Xtreme.
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Fri 4 May 2007, 23:54,
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Personally I like Xara Xtreme.
I made that anim quite quickly by turning layers on and exporting after each one.
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Sat 5 May 2007, 0:02,
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except with the bobafett anim below i made every shape in the vector visible in turn from the bottom up, grabbing the image each time.
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