[Qgis-user] Converting Vector to Raster; or Digitisation

[HPETER784 at aol.com]

I am a new user of qgis 2.0.1 Dufour. 
 
I have a shapefile of contours sourced from the British Ordnance Survey via 
 Stanfords in vector format.  I need the contours to be in Raster form, so  
that I can map the altitudes coloured in as  usual, say green for low  
levels to brown for higher altitudes.  Also I want to plot the slopes,  which 
can only be calculated in Raster format.
 
I don't think using the rasterising facility will work, since the shapefile 
 only recognises the polylines in two dimensions and has no knowledge of 
the  altitudes.
 
I am wondering if I can digitize into a raster shapefile from the vector  
map on the computer screen.  But I cannot see how I can do this  exactly.
 
I suppose this is a common task, but how to do it?  Thanks for  any advice. 
  

Peter  Hutchinson,
MILVERTON,
Taunton
01823 400  272
hpeter784 at aol.com
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