Re: FLASH: OT: Tracing Bitmaps

[Helen Triolo]

John Dowdell wrote:

> 

> >> Is anyone aware of a good raster to vector conversion program.

> >> Flash's tracing isn't quite cutting it for this one.

> >

> > adobe streamline

> 

> I'm not sure why Adobe's old standalone product comes up so often in these

> recommendations... when you try its output you'll usually see that it has

> too many curves and nodes for efficient web delivery.


Probably because of Streamline's batch processing capability, which

could be useful to convert several selected frames from video clips for

use in Flash.  But I have seen posts that say Flash's Trace Bitmap gives

a better final vector product (especially if you experiment first to

find the optimal settings for your needs, as jd points out) than

Streamline.  If you also need batch processing, I pulled this post from

my archive database (haven't tried the product, but looks interesting):

 ---

Aside from Streamline, if you absolutely HAD to do it in flash, I'd make

myself a macro using Macro Express, a nifty little shareware that I find

to be an indispensible companion to Flash to make up for the lack of

many desired keyboard shortcuts. 


    http://www.macros.com/ 


it's $35 US to register,  about 2.5 megs. it's awesome because it works

for ANY windoze apps  (95/98/NT).   I use it a TON in Flash to speed up

my work.

 --- end of post (Eric Prado)


Regards,

Helen

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