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Title: Vectoriz your work
Post by: fallacy on February 19, 2012, 11:20:12 pm

Found a great program that converts your bitmap images into vector and I thought I would share  https://vectormagic.com/home/log_in

The results come out superb.  :applaud:

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: dandare on February 24, 2012, 01:18:12 pm

nice find.

just tried it and is pretty cool!  should sort my side art out

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: Well Fed Games on February 24, 2012, 01:36:57 pm

Warning: it depends greatly on your source material. Keep your expectations in check.

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: fallacy on February 26, 2012, 05:54:12 am

Found all this Star Wars art that I want to put around my game room. The difference is not too bad at all..

Original:
(http://img2.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.256233302.jpg)

Vector:
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb451/zork2001/R2.jpg)

Original:
(http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.226388563.jpg)

Vector:
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb451/zork2001/vador2.jpg)

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: SNAAKE on February 27, 2012, 07:01:15 pm

thats about the same if you drew them from scratch. random test :cheers:

too bad its not free. maybe I will just pay for a month and vectorize random street fighter stuff. pictures without too much will look fine.

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: SNAAKE on February 29, 2012, 05:03:01 pm

I got the software itself. I know how to make vector images manually and it would take me hours to do a small picture while this program can do the same thing in minutes. there is a "high detail" setting too. here is another test. original vs vectorized.

amazing find :applaud:

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: HaRuMaN on March 01, 2012, 09:36:55 am

FYI, you can use Inkscape to do the exact same thing, and then edit them when you're done.

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: SNAAKE on March 01, 2012, 01:48:22 pm

well this one is neat. didn't know it was so "easy". while manually doing it might be rewarding, its a royal waste of time other than maybe to show of your vector skills lol.

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: yaksplat on March 01, 2012, 01:56:00 pm

just used this program on my artwork, worked out great.  Thanks!

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: HaRuMaN on March 01, 2012, 02:01:58 pm

Quote from: SNAAKE on March 01, 2012, 01:48:22 pm

well this one is neat. didn't know it was so "easy". while manually doing it might be rewarding, its a royal waste of time other than maybe to show of your vector skills lol.

You talking about Inkscape?  It has an auto-trace.

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: Well Fed Games on March 01, 2012, 02:16:41 pm

It does an ok job, but hand-vectorized always looks better, especially concerning color gradients and fine details like hair, etc. This works in a pinch, though.

Title: Re: Vectoriz your work
Post by: SNAAKE on March 01, 2012, 02:16:56 pm

no. I was talking about vector magic.