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Lefty Bigfoot

2006-05-03, 7:15 pm

I am new to using Illustrator, and I am having trouble with
getting Illustrator to "live trace" an old .GIF format Logo (low
resolution) and come out clean. With other images it seems to
do very well, but for some reason the jaggies in this .gif cause
the trace function to flip out.

It keeps "artistically" doing the trace. Straight lines get
curved, etc. It's a very simple logo, see here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26445016@N00/139821921/

I've tried just about every combination of trace options I can
think of. There must be a better way. Any help much
appreciated.

--
Lefty

Rocket

2006-05-03, 7:15 pm

It's simple enough to easily recreate on your own. Place the graphic, draw
some properly dimensioned diamond shapes, group, order and it's done. I
wouldn't use live trace for such a straight forward logo.

My two cents...

Rock

"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C07E4A9E01889FD1F0488530@news.verizon.net...
>I am new to using Illustrator, and I am having trouble with
> getting Illustrator to "live trace" an old .GIF format Logo (low
> resolution) and come out clean. With other images it seems to
> do very well, but for some reason the jaggies in this .gif cause
> the trace function to flip out.
>
> It keeps "artistically" doing the trace. Straight lines get
> curved, etc. It's a very simple logo, see here:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26445016@N00/139821921/
>
> I've tried just about every combination of trace options I can
> think of. There must be a better way. Any help much
> appreciated.
>
>
> --
> Lefty
>

Lefty Bigfoot

2006-05-03, 7:15 pm

Rocket wrote
(in article <LNWdnbvKUs79mMTZnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d@adelphia.com> ):

> It's simple enough to easily recreate on your own. Place the graphic, draw
> some properly dimensioned diamond shapes, group, order and it's done.

I understand, but....

> I wouldn't use live trace for such a straight forward logo.

I'm trying to use it to learn more about the trace function. I
saw several demos on the web of how great it is for the this
sort of thing, so I try it, and can not get anything like the
same results I see others getting. I'm trying to use it to
learn what I am doing wrong.

>
> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> wrote in message
> news:0001HW.C07E4A9E01889FD1F0488530@news.verizon.net...
>
>

--
Lefty
All of God's creatures have a place..........
..........right next to the potatoes and gravy.
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Rocket

2006-05-03, 7:15 pm

Understand. Now I'll wait and see if somebody answers and we can both learn
something:)

Rock

"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C07E7336019223B2F0488530@news.verizon.net...
> Rocket wrote
> (in article <LNWdnbvKUs79mMTZnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d@adelphia.com> ):
>
>
> I understand, but....
>
>
> I'm trying to use it to learn more about the trace function. I
> saw several demos on the web of how great it is for the this
> sort of thing, so I try it, and can not get anything like the
> same results I see others getting. I'm trying to use it to
> learn what I am doing wrong.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Lefty
> All of God's creatures have a place..........
> .........right next to the potatoes and gravy.
> See also: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iProduct.gif
>

Kdod

2006-05-03, 7:15 pm

"Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C07E4A9E01889FD1F0488530@news.verizon.net...
>I am new to using Illustrator, and I am having trouble with
> getting Illustrator to "live trace" an old .GIF format Logo (low
> resolution) and come out clean. With other images it seems to
> do very well, but for some reason the jaggies in this .gif cause
> the trace function to flip out.
>
> It keeps "artistically" doing the trace. Straight lines get
> curved, etc. It's a very simple logo, see here:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26445016@N00/139821921/
>
> I've tried just about every combination of trace options I can
> think of. There must be a better way. Any help much
> appreciated.
>
>
> --
> Lefty

My experience with using live trace depends on the dpi.
With lower res images I will use live trace and adjust the
nodes accordingly
Hope this helps

>

Lefty Bigfoot

2006-05-04, 4:14 am

Kdod wrote
(in article <3eudnVEKLZJht8TZnZ2dnUVZ_vadnZ2d@comcast.com> ):

>
> "Lefty Bigfoot" <nunya@busyness.info> wrote in message
> news:0001HW.C07E4A9E01889FD1F0488530@news.verizon.net...
>
> My experience with using live trace depends on the dpi.
> With lower res images I will use live trace and adjust the
> nodes accordingly
> Hope this helps

Thank you for responding. I have not figured out yet what
"adjust the nodes" means yet. I'm going to have to get into the
books a bit. Knowing how to fly photoshop doesn't give me as
much airspeed as I thought it would.

However, based upon your dpi comments, I was able to take the
original image and jack with it in photoshop to up the dpi and
clean it up, then I went back and retested the trace function on
that file, and it worked as expected (better than I hoped
actually). So, as you say, dpi is important.

--
Lefty
All of God's creatures have a place..........
..........right next to the potatoes and gravy.
See also: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iProduct.gif