vectorize an image in Il CS3
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- ftravieso
What would you suggest as the quickest, most reliable process to convert an image into a vectorized drawing in Adobe Illustrator CS3?
I am to "redraw" several not so good icons and I would appreciate a tip.
Thanks in advance!
- madirish0
live trace
- marychain0
vectormagic.stanford.edu
works pretty good (better than Live trace), provide your image has fairly decent resolution....other than that whip out the Illy Pen tool and start making Bezier curves...whooo
- rafalski0
wasn't brooke's tutorial good for it?
- jaylarson0
ammendment to marychain's post:
- quisque0
i miss adobe streamline from OS 9, live trace in CS3 is not the same...
- PonyBoy0
V3's gonna love what I gotta say here... but if you want a solid vectorizing tool... Corel Trace is rather impressive...
... it demolishes Adobe's built-in deal imho.
You could also do it in Flash and copy/save the vectors out to .ai... but you'll be cleaning up shit for days.
- jaylarson0
comparisons
- PonyBoy0
wow, jay... that looks really sharp actually...
... thanks for that tip!
- jaylarson0
now i just wished i have actually tried it instead of posting their spin....
- ftravieso0
Dear Pony Boy,
Thanks for your reply. What exactly type of shit will I be picking up?
Am I gonna fu*k the software?
- ftravieso0
jay, best tip everrrr!!!
- jaylarson0
nope, these are:
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- version30
*HUGZ PONYBOY!@#$%^&*()
- ftravieso0
I'm asking you jay, don't be silly, you hunk!
- jaylarson0
bueno. habia un buena fin de semana.