illustrator question
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- handsomeboy
is the an easy way of pixelating an image and then vectorizing the image exactly as it is pixelated (perfect right angles, etc)
Essentially what i want to do is use pixelate>mezzotint and then use live trace to vectorize it but i can't get the right setings to have all the angles be perfectly straight angles and maintain the perfectly pixelated image.
if this makes sense to anyone i would love advice on either settings for livetrace or an easier way to do this. i thought it would be an easy thing to do.
- GreedoLives0
could throw it in photoshop, select areas of same color, make work paths out of them and export the paths to illustrator. way more exact than live trace, but you'd have to assemble it all in illustrator.
not recommended for complicated images.
- Justin0
Well, one way to get it to be more 'accurate' is to zoom-in on the image in Photoshop then screencapture that, so the pixels are larger, then livetrace that larger image. The other option would be to use flash to trace it down as I find Flash's pixel tracing to be EXACT, and live trace can be a little tiny bit off.
Hope that helps.
- artist770
The Photoshop to Illustrator would work. Or, you could just do it by hand. Live trace is to general for any type of detailed work like this.
- horton0
try changing Live Trace's corner-angle setting to 0 or maybe 1.
i sometimes do the opposite and set to 180 to ensure there are no corners.. all smooth lines.
- and no anti-aliased edges or use a bitmap image with lots of res.. rightright?horton
- yea im definately trying to do the opposite for a shirt graphic, i want hardcore "staircasing" on all the edges hahahandsomeboy
- handsomeboy0
yea i can tell that the paths thing that Greedo is talking about would work perfect for what i need, and also messing with the corner-angle settings in Live Trace (Horton) its just annoying because you'd think it would be straightforward to go from a pixelate function to just being able to "flatten artwork" and boom it should be done. but c'est la vie.. thanks for the suggestions ill mess around some more..
- NewElpaso0
when will you learn...
its all about the scriptographer
- DaveO0
do it by hand you lazy shit
- doesnotexist0
photoshop (work paths) or turn on snap to grid in illustrator and get to work!
- Stugoo0
would like to see what your aiming for tbh
- alla0
Have you tried using the pixelate/facet filter in PS?
You could apply that filter and then bring the resulting image in AI and have fun with it...