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Anonymous
http://www.slhess.com/wiki/index.php?title=Inkscape_tracing_tutorial

I think Anonymous of /w/ should come together and improve this long-unfinished page, or write its own.

I'd like some tutorials on coloring with gradiants (something I've never done in a vector) but that part was never completed.
>> Anonymous
What's so good about Inkscape?
>> Anonymous
>>520799
It's a totally free (open sorce, even) vector program unlike Photoshop, which is for raster images.
>> Anonymous
>>520806
But Photoshop isn't just for raster imaging.

What advantages does Inkscape offer me (apart from being free) that I can't already find in PS?
>> Anonymous
>>520808
Like the other guy said, Inkscape is dedicated for vectors, tracing, and whatnot, and PS isn't. It has features for vectoring, but then it's nothing compared to it's dedicated cousin, IIIustrator.

More bluntly, GIMP and PS are raster editors, with the pen tool tacked on. You can trace out images in them, buy why? Inkscape and IIIustrator are specifically for vector art.
>> Anonymous
>>520809
That didn't at all answer the question, but thanks. I guess I'll just check it out myself, see if it makes the process any quicker.
>> Anonymous
why use photoshop when you can use illustrator?
>> Anonymous
>>520821
idunno lol
>> Anonymous
>>520820
Photoshop has fine tracing ability with the Pen Tool, but the end result is not a vector image. With raster, when you zoom way in on a trace, the lines become fuzzy, and it does not resize well.

A vector image keeps everything perfectly proportionate because the lines and curves are all based on math. You can zoom in infiniately on a vector image and the lines will always be 100% smooth and crisp, and a vector can be resized without losing quality.