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Re-draw Problem


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Diella

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Dear All,

sorry if this question has been asked before. I have problem for tracing/re-drawing one image. The result is never be satisfying. I used the pen tool for that. What I always do is just crop that image and put it piece by piece, and this is always bad quality :(

Is there any other way to re-draw? or I have to stick practicing re-drawing :)

Thanks for the respond

Diella
 
If your tracing an image with the pen tool, ur best friends are the Alt and ctrl keys :D If you hold down the alt button while over a handle it changes to the to the convert point tool, which u can use to shape ur last path before moving onto the next. The ctrl key switches the pen to the direct selection tool so you can go back and edit point without loosing the path.

Basically the trick is to use as little points as posible and lead the bezier curves in the direction of ur next path.

Its kind of hard to explain, maybe someone else can do a better job then me hehe.

But, once u master the pen tool... photoshop, illustrator and any other graphics prog is urs for the taking....so stick at it. Its actually very easy once u figure it out.
 
Hi Diella,

Could you post a sample of the type of image you are trying to trace? Stickdiesel gave you a great answer but it wasn't clear to me if you were trying to turn a bitmap image into a vector image or quite what your goal was.
 
I'm confused too, Diella, just exactly what it is you are trying to do... [confused] and, as Welles has mentioned, an example would really help us to understand better. ;)

Good info on the pen tool, stickdiesel! ;)
 
Hi All,

oopss..sorry if I confuse you. Here I attach the file. It will easy for you guys, [honesty] but for me that's not that easy, I try several times. But as you see the lines and the image is not smooth.

thanks for the advice :)
 
I would create this image using the pen tool and shape layers, Diella! ;)

Remember, that although you are using vector tools, Photoshop is a pixel based program and you'll never get the really smooth lines that you get from a true vector program (like Illustrator).
 
Thanks Stickdiesel, welles and Wendy.

one other question. I dont know whether I should post it in new topic, but its still related to the work that I am doing now.

Why if I duplicate the layer containing image to new layer, the size is change?

For example, I want to duplicate image with size 3 cm (width) and 4 cm (height) to the bigger canvas with size A-4. The image size for the duplicated layer is reduce. It becomes smaller. So I have to resize again in the new canvas. Is it common like that? or maybe do it in the wrong way?

Again, thanks for ur respond :}

Diella
 
You could start by checking whether you are working on 100% (true size). You can do this easily by double clicking on the zoom tool icon on the tools palette.
The zoom tool itself does not make anything bigger: it enlarges what you see, like looking through a magnifier glass.

To change the size of your entire image, go to the Image menu and choose Image size. If you really want to change the size, Photoshop will have to make new pixels, so you have to leave Resample checked.

To change the size of one layer, choose resize on the edit menu.
 
Dear Erik,

I did that. I have just printed the image that I duplicate, to see its different sizes. The result is the original image is bigger than the duplicated image.

I attach here for you to see it. I am not using the actual image regarding to the concern of downloading time and file size. Also for the face (I am sure that man in the image doesnt want his face to be appear here [shhh] , so I cover it)

The first image (before it is duplicated) size is width = 100 pixel, height = 120 pixel.
I duplicated it to the canvas with size width=1080 pixel, height=1152 pixel.

I used zoom 100% or actual size as you recommended. But when I print it without resize the image, the image in the bigger canvas is smaller than the first image. I mean the image itself, not the canvas.

How to get the actual image size, when we duplicate it into the new canvas. Should we always resize it?

Thanks a lot

Diella
 
I don't have Photoshop at my disposal right now, but I'll try it out myself asap.

So, to make things really clear:
-you have your photograph open, at 100x120 pixels
-you open a new document, size 1080x1152 pixels
-you activate your photograph doc, select it (Ctrl+A), copy it to the clipboard (Ctrl+C), activate the empty doc and paste the photo (Ctrl.V) as a new layer on your empty doc,
OR
you drag your photograph unto the other doc so that it opens as a new layer

You print it, and your printer's software does not have the option checked to automatically resize to full size of your paper (what is the dpi setting of your final doc? 72, 266, 300?)

and the printed image is bigger than it should be?
 
Sorry Erik if my query is not clear regarding to my English ability.

Erik wrote:
-you have your photograph open, at 100x120 pixels
-you open a new document, size 1080x1152 pixels
-you activate your photograph doc, select it (Ctrl+A), copy it to the clipboard (Ctrl+C), activate the empty doc and paste the photo (Ctrl.V) as a new layer on your empty doc,
OR
you drag your photograph unto the other doc so that it opens as a new layer


I did both of the steps. The result is:
- The photograph 100 x 120 pixel is bigger when it is printed in the paper, comparing to the same photograph when it is duplicated or copy+paste in the 1080x1152 pixel canvas.
- My purpose to copy+paste the image into the bigger canvas is, I want to have five images (100 x 120 pixel) in one bigger layer (1080x1152) so I can save photo paper and ink when I print it.
-The problem is, how to get the actual image size (100 x 120 pixel) when we copy+paste into the bigger layer? It seems the size is change when I did that.
-I set my image to the setting 300 dpi (for printing purpose)

Anyway, thanks a lot Erik!

Diella[/b]
 
Where are you from? Perhaps another language might be easier in this case?

100x120 pixels at 300pixels per inch mean that your photographs will be only some 8mm wide and 9 mm high. This is very small. Is this what you want? I don't think so...
 
I am from Indonesia, Erik.

The image that I attached in the previous message was not actually image size. That is just for sample. It will too big if I attach the original file.

The actual size for the image is 3 cm wide and 4 cm high. I want to print it in the A-4 size paper. I need some images to put on A-4 paper with that image size (3x4 cm) , that's why I want to duplicate it.

Anyway, thanks a lot Erik

Diella
 
It is not the size of your image, but the pixels. If you need 300 pixels in one inch (and one inch is about 2,5cm) and your image is 100 pixels wide, then you have 1/3 of an inch or 2,5cm divided by three,33, giving some 0,8 mm.

If you open the image size dialog box (Image>Image Size), you can change the units to cm, and set to 300dpi. Fill in your desired sizes in cm and that way you can see exactly how many pixels your image has to be to print at the size you want.
 
yes, you right.

Last night I tried again. And now I know, the problem is the resolution is not the same. The image resolution for the new canvas is bigger (300 pixel/inch) than the image that I want to move/drag (100 pixel/inch). That causes image became smaller when I move/drag that image to the new canvas. I have to work in the same resolution, that's the key.

Small and simple, but it becomes problem when I dont know it.

Again, thanks for your respond

Diella
 
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