Question 1

What is a stock vector?

Accepted Answer

Stock vector refers to a collection of vector images pre-created by illustrators or artists available for personal and commercial use. Vector images or illustrations are a form of computer graphics that use mathematical equations to create designs. These vector graphics are formed from a combination of lines, points, curves, polygons, patterns, and colors that make up an image.

Question 2

What are stock vectors used for?

Accepted Answer

Stock vector graphics cover various themes, topics and genres are available for royalty-free and copyright-free downloads at affordable prices. Vector images or illustrations are commonly used in graphic designing, advertising to deliver a certain concept or message in a commercial promotion of a brand or its products and services.

Question 3

What are the advantages of using stock vectors?

Accepted Answer

The key benefit of vector graphics is it allows a designer to quickly import it into their design, and scale, stretch, resize, recolor, or edit without losing its original resolution and quality. This makes stock vectors the perfect solution for anyone who needs quality images or illustrations without expending too much time, cost, and effort as compared to starting from scratch.

Question 4

Where can I get vector images and illustrations for commercial use?

Accepted Answer

Vector graphics for commercial use are available online through stock images and photography agencies such as 123RF.com. Vector images and illustrations are sold under different licensing models depending on the intended usage. The most straightforward is a royalty-free license which allows you to pay only once to get all the rights to use the vectors for most commercial purposes.

Question 5

Are vector images copyright free?

Accepted Answer

The contributors of vector graphics and images that are found on stock illustrations and photography platforms such as 123RF have chosen to monetize their work by making their vectors and illustrations available for royalty-free licensing.  A Royalty-Free license allows users to use the vector or image repeatedly for most commercial and personal usages once the licensing fee is paid for.

Question 6

What is a royalty-free license for vector images?

Accepted Answer

Vector images that come with a Royalty-free license allow the license owner to use the content piece, instead of selling the ownership itself. Once you have paid the initial licensing fee, you no longer have to pay royalties to the copyright owner for repeated use of content.

Question 7

What is the difference between vector graphics and raster graphics?

Accepted Answer

Vector graphics are best for illustrations, logos, website elements and digital print output because it allows the designer to scale, resize and edit while maintaining image quality and file sizes small. Raster graphics are best suited to digital photos and photography print materials due to the capability of detailed editing and complex color blends.

Question 8

How to edit a vector image or illustration?

Accepted Answer

Common vector formats include SVG and EPS, these files can be resized and edited using vector editing apps and software, such as Vectr, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw and InkScape. Most users prefer the convenience of using premade stock vector images to perform minor tweaks using the editor to color, size and position text or other elements within the graphic.

Question 9

How can vector graphics improve web design effectively?

Accepted Answer

SVG vector file format is supported in many web browsers, and vector graphics are composed of geometrical shapes and lines instead of pixels. This means that vector design and images on websites can be scaled to any size without sacrificing the original resolution and quality, which could improve user experience, lower image load times and could potentially lead to higher conversion rates.

Question 10

What is 123RF and the vision behind it all?

Accepted Answer

123RF has been one of the world’s largest digital stock agents in the creative industry since 2006. What makes 123RF stand out is that we are not only providing stock content for your creation but also assisting you in every path of your creative journey. We empower individuals and businesses to tell their stories to the world using our proprietary AI tools, creative imagery, sounds and motions contributed by global talents. Start your creative journey and tell your stories to the world. Create something exceptional today with 123RF.