![]() To start the trace process, go to the tool panel and select the Pen tool. This will help you to keep from moving the image during the trace process. Or select the image and press CMD+2 (shortcut to block elements). especially since lines tend to get very fragmented but at least you get a manageable amount of nodes (still more messy than tracing manually). Place your image in the middle/bottom of the document, and block it on the layer panel, clicking on the lock icon. Rhino-exported illustrator files still need some touching up. If you have some praxis in modeling you will be able to create the objects in 3D and take advantage of the possibility to export multiple views. Sometimes I'm able to take advantage of Rhinoceros which is a 3D software that allows you to export a view (perspective, parallel) of your model as vector lines (*.AI files). I have done a few tries with livetrace in Illustrator but end up spending more time correcting or -in the best cases- using the results only partially.įor technical illustrations there seems to be no easy way around re-tracing the thing manually. It took me usually up to 12-20 hours of work per sketch. Even though I end up tracing the original image again, I do tend to have it done in less time than before. There are a few ways to vectorize an image. ![]() I found my digital tablet to be very effective for tackling this situations. I frequently have similar situations where I'm given some drawing -usually graphite pen drawings (sketchy, hairy lines sigh)- where drawing with the pen tool gets really tedious up to annoying. Adobe Photoshop Pros And Cons Adobe Illustrator Image Source: Adobe Illustrator. Once you do that, everything will be merged into a raster image. (a lot of people think other way, but imho, for inking is just like that.)) Another thing you can do with this vector drawing program is export the project as a JPG or PNG. And lately, using the free MyPaint, because it has quite a lot of settings(more than in many commercial packages) to control your stroke and does a fix in real time of the trembling stroke (btw, the reason why it takes more time inking with pen tablets is as the electro magnetic system andmaybe the resolution is not as accurate as your hand, pen and paper.Often a low resolution table, like Intuos Small, is not enough, and you need a bigger format for better control. Other ways I used is forcing Illustrator to do a kind of averaging, in stroke settings. It worked for me for producing game line-art from rasters (in a very similar style to comics drawings) ![]() But you need to play a lot with the settings till you find the right ones for you. I've played quite with its settings, and while you won't get total control you can reduce it to quite an accurate result and few nodes. In inkscape, you count on sort of Potrace(an excelent tracer, free) embedded there. ![]()
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