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Vectoring in Illustrator Anonymous
Dear /w/ what makes illustrator better? How does it work that the lines made with pentool in ill dont get pixelated like photoshop? Are there any additional tools/filters/methods to keep the lines from not getting pixelated? I want to do some more vectors but sick of pixles if u zoom.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
They don't get pixelated because Illustrator is a vector art program and Photoshop is a raster art program. Raster art has pixels, vector art can scale up infinitely large because it uses lines and curves as opposed to pixels.

So if you make a vector image with Illustrator from a small scan, you can scale it up to 5000x5000. I suppose it can be done with Photoshop, but you'll have to make sure that all of the pen paths have been saved and Illustrator was specifically made for vector art, whereas Photoshop just features it.
>> Anonymous
>>253390
thanks alo, i forgot about the raster type image shit. Glad i have an associates in gfx design for nothing haha. I hear about people doing anti analyzing and shit. Whats with that feature though? Never ran into it in illustrator
>> Anonymous
you are a retarded
>> Anonymous
>>253399
"you are a retarded"
wow...great use of the english language fucktard. If your going to sage at least use structure right dumbass.
>> Anonymous
>>253418
i'm no part of this argument, but it's "you're," as a conjunction of "you" and "are," not "your."
>> Anonymous
this is board about chinese thing and you expect proper speaking. so bad.
>> ??
>>253468
i lol'd
>> ~Caine!
anti-aliasing btw
Honestly it doesn't matter. It really depends on your final output. Illustrator can export to many different filetypes, but to view it you should export it from photoshop.
Photoshop has better color management and brush tools. And you can simply export your pen strokes into an AI6 file or just keep it PSD.
Personally, I do all my work in photoshop and export what I need for other programs. Illustrator was to much of a memory hog when I first started using it.
I think thats all that hasn't been mentioned so far.
>> Anonymous
>>253492
Nope, plenty to go with. No one has mentioned Inkscape or Xara yet. There hasn't been much talk about vector formats. There hasn't been a discussion of the differences in Adobe products across programs. No one has brought up the use of shapes for lines (so as to have variable widths) or which method is best for getting those variable width lines. Should different components be grouped together, or is it better to just differentiate between shapes and inked lines?

And you thought you covered everything that wasn't covered already...

Now I just wait for more points to be brought up.
>> Anonymous
>>253505
>There hasn't been a discussion of the differences in Adobe products across programs.
I meant across versions. Oops
>> Anonymous
>>253468
chinese thing. lolwut
>> Anonymous
indexing colors in photoshop will make for better vectors in illustrator if you are using livetrace (which some view as cheating). Indexing is simple, first set your image to rgb color mode, then set it to index. This will bring you to the color choosing palate. Here you will choose the colors contained in your image, turn off diffusion as it will throw shit all over the place. Sometimes it will throw different colors all over the place where they arent supposed to be. To correct this, use your magic wand tool to select the vagrant color, then change it to the color it is supposed to be. Also make sure contiguous is turned off.

when you are done, save it as a tiff, open it in illustrator and vector away. This is the technique i use where i work to do spot color seperations to prepare film for screen printing.
>> Anonymous
nobody cares about vectors