Question Home

Position:Home>Visual Arts> Can anyone answer a few questions about vectorizing images?


Question: Can anyone answer a few questions about vectorizing images!?
I just recently learned what vectorized images are, and I'd like to try making some myself!. What kind of program do I need!? I have Adobe Photoshop CS2 (and Image Ready CS2 that came with it)!. Can I vectorize images in either of those!? If I can use either of those programs, how is vectorizing done!? (Am I even on the right track with this stuff, lol!?)

Besides answering the questions I've already mentioned!.!.!.basically, anything at all that you can tell me about vectorizing images would be a ton of help! Thanks! =)Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
vector art is done with illustrator or draw, you can use photoshop or paintshop-pro to draw over images with pen/ line tool to sharpen lines and convert to path, termed vexel art,

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Vector_grap!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Vexel

Adobe - Illustrator CS3
http://www!.adobe!.com/products/illustrato!.!.!.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3
http://www!.corel!.com/servlet/Satellite/u!.!.!.

Inkscape illustrator
http://sourceforge!.net/projects/inkscape!.!.!.
http://popolon!.org/gblog2/2005/09/11

Gimp ~image editor,
http://gimp-win!.sourceforge!.net/stable!.h!.!.!.
http://digitalskies!.net/2007/07/04/how-t!.!.!.


http://www!.illustratorworld!.com/
http://forums!.cgsociety!.org/forumdisplay!.!.!.
___________

also note that other vector tools are flash swf and 3d mesh surfaces, more so used for animation and rendering,
Flash
http://www!.adobe!.com/products/flash/!?
LightWave
http://www!.newtek!.com/lightwave/

Synfig Animation Studio
http://synfig!.org/Screenshots
Blender3d
http://www!.blender!.org/
!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com