Bell ringer zooms into a photo until it's unrecognizable blocks, asking students to guess what it is—a hook straight into why pixels have a limit and paths don't.
GET READY
Today's Key Terms
Keep these visible. We'll use every one of them today.
Pixel
Raster
bitmap
Bitmap
Vector
Path
Object
Rasterizing
1TARGET FOR TODAY
What You'll Be Able To Do
Distinguish raster (pixel-based) images from vector (path-based) graphics and predict how each behaves when resized; use Illustrator's core navigation, selection, transform, and arrange tools to complete a guided vector-editing challenge
STANDARD
Where This Fits
ACP 1.3.a
NOW DISCUSS
Turn & Talk
Distinguish raster (pixel-based) images from vector (path-based) graphics and predict how each behaves when resized; use Illustrator's core navigation, selection, transform, and arrange tools to complete a guided vector-editing challenge What's the trickiest part of that, and why?