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Subject: Auto trace drawings tool for anime/toons

nio103 opened this issue on Oct 30, 2004 · 6 posts
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nio103 ( ) posted Sat, 30 October 2004 at 10:30 PM · edited Sun, 28 July 2024 at 11:20 AM

Is there a way I can trace my pencil drawing, instead of using the pen cause it takes to long

daveH ( ) posted Sun, 31 October 2004 at 12:10 AM

there is an autotrace tool -- it looks kinda like a little rollercoaster. (caveat: i'm still using photoshop v5, so the preceding description may be totally obsolete!)

nio103 ( ) posted Sun, 31 October 2004 at 9:05 AM

what the name of that auto trace tool? is it the magic wan?

daveH ( ) posted Sun, 31 October 2004 at 1:32 PM · edited Sun, 31 October 2004 at 1:33 PM

nope -- it's called the autotrace tool ...

Message edited on: 10/31/2004 13:33

nio103 ( ) posted Sun, 31 October 2004 at 3:34 PM

under where can i find it, remember im using photoshop 7 not illustrator.

daveH ( ) posted Sun, 31 October 2004 at 7:35 PM

you're quite right, that rollercoaster thingy is an illustrator tool, which brings one thing to mind -- i often use both programs to trace bitmaps. if the bitmap is relatively simple, i'll do it in illustrator, but i'll go to photoshop when more complicated images make doing it in illustrator very tedious. you're also correct about the magic wand, though you can use any selection tool (such as painting in quickmask mode) to set up your trace. then choose the make work path command in the path palette. hint: for smoother & less complex paths, increase the tolerance value. and the above caveat applies to these tips as well.

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