Converting an image to a vector format

[John G]

Its a secret

[RogerC]

Its a secret

That's going to mean some sleepless nights wondering what your secret method is then.......:biggrin:

[John G]

Sorry, just kidding.

Tidied it up in photoshop, converted the red to black using levels, blurred it, sharpened it, saved it as photoshop file. Imported it into coreldraw, traced it, tidied a few nodes then saved it as corel and an eps for Angie.

It may be long winded, and the wrong way to do it, but I get usable results. The original was too bad an image to do a straight trace in corel, as I normally do.

Cheers John

[RogerC]

Well done....I wish I could get to grips with photoshop. I've got Corel and Signlab and am only just getting to grips with Corel (after 3 years) so there's not a chance with photoshop at the moment.

[Angie]

Well done....I wish I could get to grips with photoshop. I've got Corel and Signlab and am only just getting to grips with Corel (after 3 years) so there's not a chance with photoshop at the moment.

I feel in the same boat, I have been using coral for a while and able to use for what I need to get me by, but photoshop I despare sometimes. Is there such a thing as training days :redface: coz I am no good at reading up on manuals. I had a ribbon printer fo christmas and it's still in the box, the thought of more software to learn lol. I will have to take a day off work to play.

[Angie]

Sorry, just kidding.

Tidied it up in photoshop, converted the red to black using levels, blurred it, sharpened it, saved it as photoshop file. Imported it into coreldraw, traced it, tidied a few nodes then saved it as corel and an eps for Angie.

It may be long winded, and the wrong way to do it, but I get usable results. The original was too bad an image to do a straight trace in corel, as I normally do.

Cheers John

John may thanks it worked a treat, I don't know how to upload pictures but I will get John to send onee as soon as he is back. Your a star

[Earl Smith]

Hi Angie,
I posted this Tutorial site in another post and I know (your) John also uses him as well. http://www.advancedartist.com/
A great site for learning Corel. I do everything that John.G does but in Corel and I learnt most from this site.

I hope Johns having a great time sunning himself in Barcalona. :redface:

[RogerC]

Earl you are a star....that site looks brilliant. It look like I will be spending many more hours at the computer looking and learning. A big thanks to you.

[Angie]

Hi Angie,
I posted this Tutorial site in another post and I know (your) John also uses him as well. http://www.advancedartist.com/
A great site for learning Corel. I do everything that John.G does but in Corel and I learnt most from this site.

I hope Johns having a great time sunning himself in Barcalona. :redface:

Thanks very much Earl, I have saved this to my favorites, and will derfinately be having a look.

John is enjoying, he text me on his way to the show this morning he said it was "wall to wall sunshinee" :rolleyes:

[Earl Smith]

Glad you like it Roger.
I bought his Power Training so I could learn at leisure ( in bed at night) http://www.advancedartist.com/coreldrawtraining4.html
One of the best $60 I have spent.