dots AND lines

I have always been troubled by wanting to change some images into vector image. We all know that most images we saved in our harddisk are bitmap graphics. For those who are wondering what the h*ll am I talking here, check this link.

I have always been using Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator to design something. But problems always occur when comes to image editing. Most pictures that I got are either to low quality, small or having jagged edge. And 1 thing comes to mind is always if only this image is a vector. So, I surf around the net to seek for solutions.

I found out that Illustrator do support raster to vector conversion! But when I used it, I find the result not satisfying. Either I’m too dumb or my Illustrator is too old. Hmmm… I ended up using the function “cutout” in Photoshop to transform the image. Okay but still not good enough (the bitmap is still bitmap).

Links below taken from here.

Illustrator CS2 Tracing tutorials
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/…
http://media.studio.adobe.com/link… [movie - Control Colors with Live Trace]
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/…

My solution is here. All the while, I’m using too much Adobe to actually forget that I have Macromedia Flash. Flash uses vectors most of the time. Maybe the solution is there? And true enough, there is.

When you check on the menu on top of Flash, you’ll definitely see “File Edit etc…” Look for “Modify”, click it and “Trace Bitmap…” is there. Make sure you have selected an image before you do this.

Here’s a link that teach you what “trace bitmap” is all about.