Forgive the newbie question in Photoshop.

How do you go about tracing something, such as a low contrast photo? I'm referring to a cartoon effect on a new layer: strong outlines, flood fills, no anti-alias.

I tried using illustrator's paths but the shapes are too complicated, and has too many segments. Also there seems to be a long learning curve.

Is the pencil tool in Photoshop the best way? Are there other program which do this specific task easier? Thanks

Message edited on: 02/23/2006 14:07