Re: FLASH: sketches -> vectors

[Mary Brzys]

Hi Anna,


Both of your illustrations are nice, I see that your style is looser when it's

hand drawn. My suggestion is that you eliminate some of the black lines in the

second illustration, giving it a more free look. There by basing the illustration

on color not just lines.

I have another suggestion as well: try drawing in Flash first, without comparing

it to another application.


Mary Brzys


anna wrote:


> >Howdy Flashfolk,

> >

> >I've been playing around with photoshop & Illustrator trying to get nice

> >vector versions of sketches. So far, I can't seem to get anything other

> >than blocky woodcut looking stuff. It's fine for some stuff, but I'd like

> >to be able preserve the fine lines if possible.

> >

> >Are there any programs or techniques that could help me do this?

>

> try bringing the bitmap into flash to trace at a really high resolution -

> before bringing it in make sure it contains only two colors - black and white.

>

> i have found that a bitmap at the resolution of 300-400,

> with trace settings (500: 5: normal: few corners) works

> pretty well for me. (oh also when you bring the bitmap in

> bring it in as a pict which will maintain the actual image

> size as well as the resolution)

>

> after tracing make sure you optimize the lines if you

> are using any type of complex drawings....

> -anna

>

> >

> >Here's an example of the results I'm getting now:

> >

> >sketch

> >http://www.construct.net/who/annette/vectors/lonely.gif

> >

> >vector (color added in flash)

> >http://www.construct.net/who/annette/vectors/lonely.html

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >       c l i c k 3 x

> >     C O N S T R U C T

> >                          http://www.construct.net/who/annette

>

> annetteconstruct [dot] net

> >

> >

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