smooth posterized effect

nukleuz7 · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 12:28 pm Post subject: smooth posterized effect

hey all,

was wondering if anyone knows of a tutorial or could give some tips on how to create a really smooth posterised effect on a subject.

heres a link to what im on about (the pic isnt mine by the way) and what i want to achieve is on the figure.

http://www.deviantart.com/view/22357741/

if i have messed up the link which i prob have, you know what to do.

any help would be greatly appreciated.
cheers
jon

lasa · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:46 pm Post subject:

I think that was done on a vector program like illustrator.
I know the vector look can be simulated by tracing the picture with the pen tool then painted with fills and gradients.

Lasa

nukleuz7 · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject:

hey lasa, how you doing?

yeah i think your right, which is a shame because although i have illustrator i cant stand using it.

if theres a tutorial floating around it would be a big help.

BlueFlare · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject:

Datameister · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:07 pm Post subject:

The vector look isn't merely "simulated" in Photoshop, lasa; it's possible to do pure vector work. Just create Color Fill layers with clipping paths. These are totally scalable and have all the benefits of vector work. Photoshop isn't designed for vector work, per se, but it manages vector stuff just fine.

lasa · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:02 am Post subject:

Really? "Pure vector work"... "with all the benefits of vector work", Maybe I just haven't worked enough on it but I've never found the line to be truely scalable like true vector lines. My understanding has been that the original non-printable lines made with the pen tool were vectors, but the stroke or fill were pure pixel...making it not truely scalable..
Lasa

Datameister · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:26 am Post subject:

If you use the fill and stroke buttons, Photoshop uses the vector path to generate raster graphics. These are not scalable and only simulate the vector look. However, there is a way to make paths visible without losing their "vectorness." I'm going to post a tutorial in the Tutorials forum that explains how to work with vector art in Photoshop, because it's a very common and understandable misconception that Photoshop can't do it.

EDIT: The tutorial is now on this thread. I've covered all the basics of vector work in Photoshop.

Jersey Hacker · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:21 am Post subject:

You know, there is a great feature built into flsh m, for doing things like thsi, if anyone happens to have it, all you have to do, is import your image, by going to file > import, and then select your imagem and scale it, once thats done, select your image, and go to modify > trace bitmap, and set the minimum area to whatever you want, i would use between 30 and 5, the higher the number, the less detail, and itll do all the work for you!

lasa · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:05 pm Post subject:

Datameister, where was I when they added that?..You've been holding out on me!!!! That is very, very COOL.... I added a layer style to it and it was still editable, with style and all!!
Thanks, that is way too cool!
Lasa

I printed your tutorial just in case.

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