turn an drawing, I scan in Photoshop, into a vector graphic inside of Photoshop? If so does any know a tutorial? Thanx.

It depends a little on the drawing. Maybe you have to smooth it before you try to put it into vectors. Inside Photoshop you can turn a selection into a path. So you could try to experiment with the magic wand, to select your black lines, and then goto the paths tab, and then make a path. If your drawing has more than one color you should do this color by color, saving your paths by doubleclicking them. If you have PS6 you can do the vector stuff in layers instead of fussing around in the paths section. By the way, Flash also does some nice tracing (and I vaguely remember the Poser ProPack can render external bitmaps to Flash vectors, which can be converted to Ilustrator, which can be pasted into Photoshop. Mmmmm, sounds like it is cheaper to buy Streamline then). If your drawing is a simple line drawing, you could use it as a template and make it into a vector graphic by hand. If you really can't work it out, you may send me a hi-res jpg (low compression) by email and I will run it through Streamline for you and mail a vector eps back.

Download the Flash 5 demo from Macromedia. The trace bitmap function produces results far superior to anything I could ever coax out of Streamline. And yes, you can export it as an .ai/.eps

I found Flash isn't too useful when the thing you want to trace has a lot of sharp corners (like a technical illustration) and a bit wooly. But it depends on the drawing. I don't like the results from Flash, so it's a taste question as well (so I import Streamlined art into Flash instead of tracing it inside) I use Streamline for print preparation and the handling of custom colors is very nice to speed things up (by changing them in Illustrator), while Flash handles anti-aliasing in a way that is very time-consuming.

So it also depends on what you want to do with the tracings. I just realized I streamlined a photo with extreme contrast . But couldn't use it in my design after all. This is an example of a vector tracing I myself couldn't get out of Flash when I tried.

Oh, I forgot, the issue was about not having Streamline. Then Flash is a nice alternative, yes.

I guess it is a matter of preference, Hoof. ( You don't mind ifin' I call ya "Hoof" do ya? ) I never cared for the results I got with Streamline. Perhaps it was becasue I was looking for the exact style that Flash so readily provides.

Yo Impu, Yep, it's okay, the 'Hoof' thing I mean. As well as finding the right tools for the job and your taste as well. See you around!

U mean I could do it in Flash?!? I didn't know, I'm still learning it myself. Thanks to all of u.