|
08-19-2013, 08:38 AM | #2 |
Banned
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: New York City
Casino cash: $10036993
|
Use the live trace option in Illustrator.
|
Posts: 17,810
|
08-19-2013, 09:58 PM | #3 |
Turning the Corner
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Springfield, Missouri
Casino cash: $2278541
|
Be more clear what youre after. Have demonpenz fire up MS paint if you need to.
You're looking for the halftone pattern to use diamonds instead of dots? Photoshop can do that easily. Just start with any picture of a ripple that you like. You need it to be a vector image for......cutting out of vinyl? Embroidery work? Wrapping a vehicle? |
Posts: 2,380
|
08-19-2013, 10:04 PM | #4 | |
Sexiest Athlete
Join Date: Apr 2001
Casino cash: $1431925
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 12,398
|
08-19-2013, 10:11 PM | #5 |
I'm with the banned.
Join Date: Sep 2006
Casino cash: $5658955
|
If you're looking to replicate all of the subtle glowing that you're seeing from the individual dots in vector, you're in for many hours of work. The way the original raster appears to me, each of those dots glows slightly differently depending on its position in "space." If you can live with the dots as individual outlined elements, the live trace could be helpful, but unless you have access to an ultra high res version, you're going to end up with a rather ham handed trace.
|
Posts: 28,113
|
08-19-2013, 10:15 PM | #6 |
Sexiest Athlete
Join Date: Apr 2001
Casino cash: $1431925
|
|
Posts: 12,398
|
08-19-2013, 10:18 PM | #7 | |
Sexiest Athlete
Join Date: Apr 2001
Casino cash: $1431925
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 12,398
|
08-19-2013, 10:22 PM | #8 | |
I'm with the banned.
Join Date: Sep 2006
Casino cash: $5658955
|
Quote:
EDIT: Or do what you did, then go to the wand and save the selections as paths and open the paths in Illustrator. |
|
Posts: 28,113
|
08-19-2013, 10:24 PM | #9 |
Sexiest Athlete
Join Date: Apr 2001
Casino cash: $1431925
|
This is what I wound up with....not great, but it serves the purposes I need.
|
Posts: 12,398
|
08-19-2013, 10:26 PM | #10 |
I'm with the banned.
Join Date: Sep 2006
Casino cash: $5658955
|
|
Posts: 28,113
|
08-20-2013, 01:40 AM | #11 |
MVP
Join Date: Aug 2000
Casino cash: $10015321
|
UFO?
|
Posts: 12,314
|
08-20-2013, 07:35 AM | #12 |
Sexiest Athlete
Join Date: Apr 2001
Casino cash: $1431925
|
|
Posts: 12,398
|
08-20-2013, 08:46 AM | #13 |
Bono & Grbac wasn't enough
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sioux City, IA
Casino cash: $13033829
|
What's your vector victor?
__________________
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Advertise here: $19.99 a month |
Posts: 33,618
|
08-20-2013, 08:56 AM | #14 |
Mahomes or GTFO
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: KC
Casino cash: $6064282
|
That's not easy...at all. Only way to do it and have it not turn into a jeggy (yes, that's a technical term) piece of shit is to make the dot matrix in a flat form in illustrator and copy the path. Paste it into photoshop (a large document at 300dpi) as a shape layer. Keep the shape layer a vector but copy a new layer (command/J) and turn off the old one. Rasterize the new layer and skew the image to match the plane that you'd like it to be on. To do this, select the layer (make sure 'transform controls' is selected at the top), hold down command and drag the top corners in and down until it looks right. When you're happy with the skew, go to filter>liquify. This will open your matrix in a new window and you'll be able to size your brush and create that dip until you're happy.
This image was more than likely done in a 3d program such as Maya or Blender, but you can cheat it if you have the skillz. Source: 8 years of art/creative direction in advertising (holding the hands of kids just out of college and teaching them Adobe though they think they already know it all.)
__________________
|
Posts: 13,196
|
|
|