From sketch to vectors, which method do you use?

[loco]

that depends on your definition of "PS image". you can make paths and even convert raster line art to paths in PS and save them as AI files (if needed) without ever even opening illustrator.

my point was he seemed happy with his work in PS. i was wondering why he wanted to redo it in illustrator.

I was talking about a bitmap or continous tone image. Who know's, maybe he wants to do a CNC cut of his art on wood or metal

-loco

[dross]

instead of guassian blur then levels, the median filter gets the results you're after in one step, with a live adjustment. it smooths over the little bits.

i have been tracing sketches in AI since 1988. Now on CS4. i dont mess with the scans much in PS. just make them high contrast. then i use the pen tool in AI manually. do the ink work in AI because its changeable.

[ialieneye]

Yeah Bitmapped Tiff is prob your best bet depending on what you want...but if u play with livetrace enough, you can get killer results. Just depends on how much of a tonal shift you are looking for, etc.

So a bitmap tif. Do I put the image to bitmap then save as a.tiff? cause when I turn my image to bitmap it gets all raggedy....

[ialieneye]

anyone? bitmap tif???

[ialieneye]

anyone? bitmap tif???

[HotRodKristina]

I know, it's a car t-shirt, but that's what I do. This is a great tutorial on illy brushes, though: Illustrator Brushes Tutorial | Motorburg.com

Depending on the job, I either scan my sketch and go straight in and vectorize it, or ink it, clean it up with levels/curves in PS, and then livetrace it.

[S.Blake]

So a bitmap tif. Do I put the image to bitmap then save as a.tiff? cause when I turn my image to bitmap it gets all raggedy....

Yep. They look all jaggy when displayed but print fine. If you want to view how it will look printed save for web!