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jamespetrou

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:53 am    Post subject: Help needed enlarging without distortion Reply with quote

hey guys need a hand...

im trying to enlarge the shape of this logo without pixellating. i tried selecting it and then transforming it larger, but when i colour it it gets really jagged. is there a way to select the individual shapes and then resize them keeping intact the shape? i have photshop and illustrator, im sure there is a way between the two to accomplish this.

basically i need the outline of the logo to be resized a3 or a4 size at least, then colour it and chuck a drop shadow underneath without losing quality of the lines.

thanks



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combiBob

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can cut a path of it and upsize as much as you want. Once it's to size, apply the shadow.

Or you can place it in Illustrator (to use as a template) and cut a path there.

Either way, as long as it's vector instead of raster, you can go as large as you want.
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jamespetrou

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:20 am    Post subject: thanks for the replies... Reply with quote

but how do i cut to path? can you please tell me where to go and what to do?

thanks for your help!

jp
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kreativkid

Joined: 17 Jan 2009
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

By using the pen tool.



Here's a great video tutorial explaining how to use the pen tool to select objects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGVsn-X2GxI

Hope this helps!

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combiBob

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not sure I can tell you how to use the pen tool if you don't know how.

Like this?



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Sublimity

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi James,

You may also want to try Live Trace in Illustrator to vectorize the image. Seeing as the image generally have a simple contour, it should be reasonably easy.
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jamespetrou

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:13 am    Post subject: :) !!! you guys are awesome!! Reply with quote

thank you for the reply... i got it working in a jiffy!

you guys are wizards. thanks again.i really appreciate your time.

jp
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