you can create and modify vector images in Photo shop, Corel Draw, illustrator and so on. If you already have vector image and want to modify look what extension have that image, look at letters on the end like .PSD, .AI, if you have for example .AI extension it is illustrator file and you need illustrator or Corel Draw to modify it, but still you can place it in Photo Shop document through File -> Place command.
Vector art is actually a form of graphics that is used to create images in computer graphics. Vector art is created in programs such as Corel Draw, Illustrator and Flash.
Photoshop for raster images. Illustrator for vector images. These are the industry standards.
Illustrator, corel draw
There are two types of images you can work with, vector images and pixel(raster or bitmap images).Vector based software are Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw and you can work both image types, but you have more capabilities to work with vector images, primer for pixel based software is Photoshop in which you can also work with both image types but you have more capabilities to work with pixel images.
No. Raster images define images with pixels. But Vector images paint the pixels on your screen!
Free vector images are available from many online sources that store vector images. Fotolia and Vecteezy are just a few examples of free vector image websites.
Illustrator is usually used to create vector images and 3 dimensional images. It currently comes as an attachment with Photoshop CS3 and CS4
GIMP, just like Photoshop or MS Paint, is a bitmap program. Vector programs are programs that are based around curved and straight lines to create an image that doesn't have any pixels.
capabilities Vector images use less memory space and have a smaller file size. For the web, pages that use vector graphics in plug-ins download faster, and when used for animation, draw faster. the ability to scale the image to any size without loss of quality limitation Vector images, however, cannot reproduce 'continuous tone photographic images like bitmaps vector images cannot be used for photorealistic images. Vector images require a plug-in for web-based display.
Vector and Raster or pixel images.
There are several sites that provide free vector images for download. All-free-download has a wide variety of flower vector images. 123 Free Vectors also has many images for free download.
One could find images of vector illustration online by searching for it. One could also find images of this in museums, or in books at your local library.