Here's an example of a photo (bitmap/raster) that Illustrator converted into a vector image. It's one of several Image Trace options, some of which maintain more fidelity to the original photos, but ...
No, I’m not talking about ASCII art like this little crab. I’m talking about scalable vector graphics or SVG files. Even if you’re familiar with the basic difference between raster and vector images, ...
Photoshop CC 2022 tutorial showing how to convert raster-based images into vector-based graphics.