Comments on: Using Adobe Photoshop 7 to convert to vector graphics? http://graphicaddiction.net/using-adobe-photoshop-7-to-convert-to-vector-graphics.php Free Graphic Resources, PSP Brushes, Textures, Tutorials Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:00:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: amybeader http://graphicaddiction.net/using-adobe-photoshop-7-to-convert-to-vector-graphics.php/comment-page-1#comment-893 amybeader Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:28:39 +0000 http://graphicaddiction.net/using-adobe-photoshop-7-to-convert-to-vector-graphics.php#comment-893 Technically what you need for vectorizing is not Photoshop but rather Illustrator. Illustrator is a vector drawing program and there are various ways to convert those images into vectors. Photoshop is a raster/pixel based program, essentially that's what bmps are, just poorer quality. There is not going to be any direct way of just "converting" the bmps, because they are going to be very low resolution. I am using Photoshop CS2 and CS3, so I don't know how capable the Pen Tool may be in Photoshop 7. But in CS2 and CS3 you can use the Pen tool, and the Shape tool to create vectors in Photoshop. However, if you are going to either print them OR post them on the web, they will have to be rasterized, because you will have to flatten layers and that process will automatically rasterized (convert to pixels) the entire image. Using the Pen tool requires that you "trace" over your bmp image. So you would set that up on one layer, and then in a second layer do the tracing. I know this explanation may not be terribly helpful, but you do need to understand that while you can do some vector work in Photoshop (at least the later versions) it is not really a vector program. Technically what you need for vectorizing is not Photoshop but rather Illustrator. Illustrator is a vector drawing program and there are various ways to convert those images into vectors. Photoshop is a raster/pixel based program, essentially that’s what bmps are, just poorer quality. There is not going to be any direct way of just "converting" the bmps, because they are going to be very low resolution.

I am using Photoshop CS2 and CS3, so I don’t know how capable the Pen Tool may be in Photoshop 7. But in CS2 and CS3 you can use the Pen tool, and the Shape tool to create vectors in Photoshop. However, if you are going to either print them OR post them on the web, they will have to be rasterized, because you will have to flatten layers and that process will automatically rasterized (convert to pixels) the entire image.

Using the Pen tool requires that you "trace" over your bmp image. So you would set that up on one layer, and then in a second layer do the tracing.

I know this explanation may not be terribly helpful, but you do need to understand that while you can do some vector work in Photoshop (at least the later versions) it is not really a vector program.

]]> By: Hayden G http://graphicaddiction.net/using-adobe-photoshop-7-to-convert-to-vector-graphics.php/comment-page-1#comment-894 Hayden G Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:28:39 +0000 http://graphicaddiction.net/using-adobe-photoshop-7-to-convert-to-vector-graphics.php#comment-894 i don't know i don’t know

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