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Subject: How to convert a PS file to vector?

Kageboshi opened this issue on Oct 03, 2003 · 6 posts
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Kageboshi ( ) posted Fri, 03 October 2003 at 9:47 PM · edited Fri, 10 January 2025 at 12:46 PM

I don't have Corel or Illustrator, and I would like to convert some stuff I've done to vector graphics. I have PS 5.5 I consulted the manual, but it wasn't terribly helpful. Any suggestions?

bull57 ( ) posted Sat, 04 October 2003 at 10:24 AM

sorry, it can not be done! Ps 7 has posibilleties but tha'ts not working perfect either, the only thing is to get a vectorbased drawing packet and try to trace your original

dreamer101 ( ) posted Sat, 04 October 2003 at 12:50 PM

Very hard getting good quality when converting from raster to vector. The more detailed the raster image, the harder it is to trace. Adobe Streamline 4 (which hasn't been updated in years) will convert images to line art does a crappy job. Flash will also trace images but doesn't do the greatest job. Corel Trace (that comes in the CorelDraw package) does a pretty decent job but that solution is out since you don't have it.

willf ( ) posted Sun, 05 October 2003 at 12:40 AM

Attached Link: http://www.pl32.com/endocs/starten.htm

This is a shareware app that will convert line art to eps (haven't tried it as I use Adobe Streamline). The higher the resolution & the fewer the colors the better Streamline works. It's really ment for converting line art (B&W or multiple colors) to vectors/eps & not really intended to do mega-multi-color images.

karosnikov ( ) posted Tue, 07 October 2003 at 12:09 AM

um if you draw the entire document with paths ( layer masks you can export them to illustrator... I suppose depending on the image one could trace over the lines apropriatly... Then export to illustrator ( or what ever.. ) eps may / may not keep the path / colour information haven't tried for a while. I think one of the macromedia applications ( flash ) can make a photo into vector.. and depending on the chosen level of detail you could get some funky pop-art style images. looks kinda like a posterise / median job but a fair few of the sharp corners are kept in tact.

Kageboshi ( ) posted Thu, 09 October 2003 at 9:59 AM

I was afraid it wouldn't be easy. Thanks for the help, anyway.

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