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# I remember the days
when this type of thing was called a paintmash.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:22, archived)
# yeah I know but I didn't want to get too technical
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:23, archived)
# hence why i said vector type thingy...
i don't know how to do vectors yet :(

EDIT: "meant" to say vector type thingy, oops tired brain is slow.
(MungBean is still awake on, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:24, archived)
# What sort of graphics package do you currently use?
(I helped save b3ta! in vino veritas, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:28, archived)
# I'm currently using Gimp for windows
Still trying to get the hang of it to be honest
(MungBean is still awake on, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:45, archived)
# You'll want the path tool for nice smooth lines and that classic vector look
www.gimp.org/tutorials/Bezier_Selections/
(I helped save b3ta! in vino veritas, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 1:00, archived)
# vector art just means composed of scalable objects, as opposed to raster/bitmaps.
once it's turned into a GIF or JPEG it's a raster, even when it's vector-based.

The whole "but that's not a vector" trope is a long-running and tedious in-joke I guess

BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A VEXEL, THAT IS NOT A FUCKING WORD
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:30, archived)
# It's a word it's a word it's a word
Nah nah nah! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexel
(I helped save b3ta! in vino veritas, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:33, archived)
# the closest match I have is "vexil"
Anglicized f. VEXILLUM 2 (Webster, 1828-32). The stem of vexillum is also the base of the following formations given in Dicts. without evidence of their currency: {sm}vexillar a., of or pertaining to a vexillum, spec. in Bot. and Ornith. vexi{sm}llarious a. = VEXILLARY a. 2. {sm}vexillate a., having a vexillum or vexilla (Bot. and Ornith.).
 
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:38, archived)
# IT'S A WORD A GUY ON A FORUM COINED IT
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:39, archived)
# GIVE ME THE OED OR GIVE ME DEATH
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:40, archived)
# That's a neato what now right
(I helped save b3ta! in vino veritas, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:41, archived)
# now my neologism
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:41, archived)
#
 

 
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:52, archived)
# I like the word 'Voxel', though.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:38, archived)
# ooh, saucy.
 
that's not in the OED yet either, though it probably should be by now
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:48, archived)
# Tell me abour when you used to play 'chew the bark off of the tree', Grampa
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 0:28, archived)