I know theres software around for this, but the ones ive tried truly sucked.. any1 knows of any good programs? pref. free

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flash?

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Originally posted by Basstard flash?

umm how? i have no skills in flash.. i just want to turn some pictures into vector graphics to print on t-shirts...

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maybe GIMP has that possibility?

Adobe Illustrator has it anyways

basically u want to trace an image into vector gfx...?
u can do that very well with illustrator

gimme the picture and i can try to trace it if it ain't that hard

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just photoshop it

go to Filter>Artistic>Cutout. And add these settings.
Number of Levels: 8
Edge Simplicity: 4 (The higher you go the more it looks like a vector. The lower your go the more it looks realistic.)
Edge Fidelity: 3


is should have a vector look to it

im using CS2 btw

if thats not what you want ill think of something else

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ehrm... the point about vector is that unlike bitmaps, you can resize vector as much as you like and it won't get pixelated, EVER!

oh... wops.. u wanna just make a picture look like vector...
aah.. PS idea over me should work very well then

here's a tutorial for Illustrator
<--- click

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Originally posted by netroM here's a tutorial for Illustrator <--- click

yep, that's the way to do it!

i had a program that did it all automatic and nice, it was years ago... i think it was corel something..

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no program will do it as good as it should be.

best is to trace it by hand, illustrator.

illustrator has trace functionality, like flash, but the outcome is too complicated or too messy and not as clean as it should be when done by hand.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi i had a program that did it all automatic and nice, it was years ago... i think it was corel something..

yeh, Corel Draw... I've never actually tried it, but that must be the proggie u'r talking about

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Also 'Streamliner' do it if I remember. Don't know if it's still updated

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Originally posted by netroM yeh, Corel Draw... I've never actually tried it, but that must be the proggie u'r talking about

i think it was a program that followed with it, but i dont remember, it was like 10 yrs ago

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