I remember awhile back there was a great site at some university that would convert art work into a vector file for free. I have lost the web site. Is it still working ? if not is there any where else ?
Thank you
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converting art work to vectore
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Roderick Treece
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Larry White
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Re: converting art work to vectore
Ya, it was Vector Magic.
At http://vectormagic.com/home
I've used it a few times.
It's not hard to find, if ya know what you're lookin' for.
For one man doing sign work, you sure got a lot of converting in mind.
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At http://vectormagic.com/home
I've used it a few times.
It's not hard to find, if ya know what you're lookin' for.
For one man doing sign work, you sure got a lot of converting in mind.
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erik winkler
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Re: converting art work to vectore
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I have got to check this out! 
This is crazy, wayyy back in the 80-ties, dad bought a gerber digitizer for 30.000 guilders (now about 25.000 euro/dollar).
Then he bought a scanner worth about 6.000 guilders (5.000 euro/dollar), including the gerber software update to scan and vectorize worth about 40.000 guilders etc etc. The software in the netherlands was soo expensive back then.
I did a lot of the the digitizing/vectorizing after school time and a few years ago I started to begin vectorizing using illustrator CS3, because it is much better in my opinion than the gerber software.
And now larry shows me a website wich does it for free!!!!
And maybe even better than adobe! http://vectormagic.com/home/comparisons
I have got to check this out, where is this world coming too?...
Erik
This is crazy, wayyy back in the 80-ties, dad bought a gerber digitizer for 30.000 guilders (now about 25.000 euro/dollar).
Then he bought a scanner worth about 6.000 guilders (5.000 euro/dollar), including the gerber software update to scan and vectorize worth about 40.000 guilders etc etc. The software in the netherlands was soo expensive back then.
I did a lot of the the digitizing/vectorizing after school time and a few years ago I started to begin vectorizing using illustrator CS3, because it is much better in my opinion than the gerber software.
And now larry shows me a website wich does it for free!!!!
And maybe even better than adobe! http://vectormagic.com/home/comparisons
I have got to check this out, where is this world coming too?...
Erik
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Learn, copy and trying to improve...
Still in the learning phase
Amsterdam Netherlands
www.ferrywinkler.nl
www.schitterend.eu
www.facebook.com/Schitterend.eu
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Roderick Treece
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Re: converting art work to vectore
Thanks Larry,
Vectormagic is truly that MAGIC. The artwork I uploaded came back almost perfect. Funny thing is the client is having his artist send me a vectored file. it will be interesting to compare the three.
Roderick
Vectormagic is truly that MAGIC. The artwork I uploaded came back almost perfect. Funny thing is the client is having his artist send me a vectored file. it will be interesting to compare the three.
Roderick
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Roderick Treece
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Re: converting art work to vectore
I have changed my mind. When I looked closer at the converted art work which was very clean to start with it really messed it up. It would have been better to just vectorize it by hand.
Not so magic
Not so magic
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mikey mannis
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Re: converting art work to vectore
HAHA That's Funny, Nothin's Free! Hey Roderick I can help you in Vectorising artwork if you ever need it, I'm down in the Clairemont area. I use Illustrator, Photoshop, Corel, Signlab etc. We spoke a year back I think, and you invited me up to your shop. I would love to visit your shop and see you work in person, but it would have to be on the weekends. Let me know, Laterz!
Mike Mannis
www.SDAirBrush.com
Mike Mannis
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