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Post by Slick on Feb 18, 2009 5:10:34 GMT -9
Just out of curiosity whey vector trace settings does everyone use? I usulay seem to get some filled in areas or gaps formed in my final vector image. Could someone give me the type of scan used, speckles suppression, smooth corners, optomize pathways ext... This would be a great help!
Nate
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Post by Floyd on Feb 18, 2009 5:35:00 GMT -9
I am assuming you mean a black and white line drawing of a pattern.
Tracing by hand is the best way. Failing that...
The best way to ensure a good trace is to have a Crisp, clean lined black and white scan to work from of a desent resolution(300 at least). The bigger the scan is to work from, generally the better the trace will be. So if you could blow up the scan. Trace it then reduce it, you will probably net better results. [slightly technical description]
To make rough scan lines smooth (in Photoshop or the like) I give the entire image a slight gaussian blur. Maybe 1.3-3.5 pixels depending. Then you could adjust by hand 2 ways...the 1st is to bring up the Levels tool and bring the right most arrow in towards the center, and the left most arrow towards the center. This way you eliminate the rough areas and end up with a clean, smooth black line. The other way is to bring up the Unsharp Mask filter and set the amount to full(slide bar to right). And play with the Radius till you get the result you want.
For Trace Settings (I use Adobe Illustrator)... I use the [One Color Logo] default setting and change the path fitting tolerance to 1. And if needed the Corner Angle from 20 to say 10.
I can post illustrations of examples if this doesn't make alot of sense. Or if this was not what you were asking...sorry for dragging you through all of that.
~Floyd
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Post by Slick on Feb 18, 2009 8:27:51 GMT -9
Great help floyd! I was not applying a glare to the image to smooth out the scan. Worked like a charm! now i jsut need to google how to make black borders Nate
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Post by Floyd on Feb 18, 2009 8:32:44 GMT -9
What are you doing the figures in? Are you using something like Photoshop?
I can probably tell you how to do the borders in most software packages. There should be a Stroke or Outline command in there somethwere.
~Floyd
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Post by Aestelon on Feb 18, 2009 11:55:53 GMT -9
If you're using a vector program, you should be able to simply make a merged copy of all the objects in the image, and increase the thickness of the merged object's outline to whatever you're after. Then you can place that object behind the actual image.
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Post by Slick on Feb 18, 2009 17:00:20 GMT -9
I do my work in Illustrator, photoshop and MSpaint (i know about the last one but I been using it for years and can do some sweet things with it). I just need to breakdown and get a good hard copy reference for photoshop and illustrator.
Nate
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Post by josedominguez on Feb 18, 2009 18:37:48 GMT -9
Inkscape has a 'simplify' command that tweaks the nodes and makes sketchy lines much more like computer generated vectors. If you overdo it, you get a really good stylized image... not sure what to do with it yet, but it's cool.
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Post by Floyd on Feb 20, 2009 11:01:22 GMT -9
In photoshop (assuming you have the object on its own layer and not surrounded by a backgorund color). Just double click the object in the layers palette. And select Stroke from the popup menu. And then adjust the thickness. If you are getting a slight white edge on the inside of the line (between the figure and the stroke line), switch the method from outside to center.
In Illustrator, just select the vector line you wish to thicken and use the Stroke palette(under the Window menu at the top if you don't already have it on). by selecting the thickness desired.
~Floyd
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Post by kane on Feb 20, 2009 11:37:04 GMT -9
In photoshop (assuming you have the object on its own layer and not surrounded by a backgorund color). Just double click the object in the layers palette. And select Stroke from the popup menu. And then adjust the thickness. If you are getting a slight white edge on the inside of the line (between the figure and the stroke line), switch the method from outside to center. ...really? Wow. And here I was manually tracing my sketches. Boy do I feel like a doofus. Jeeze, if I can do it that way, I may have to try my hand at some minis again!
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Post by Slick on Feb 20, 2009 18:53:41 GMT -9
Very awesome works like a charm! thanks again o great oozier of knowledge!
Nate
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