How can I vectorize this?

[boogieman]

I am wanting to make a cpo with this image.  Does anyone know how I can vectorize this?  I tried vectormagic but it didn't look right no matter what settings I used.

I plan on making a cpo 34"x13.5" and want it to look good at this size.

I have some image editing experience in paint shop pro 7 and some very limited in gimp.  I tired searching but couldn't really find anything that seemed relevant.

Thanks!

[boogieman]

I don't know if this could be modified: http://www.localarcade.com/arcade_art/details.php?image_id=289

It is a .ai file which looks like adobe illustrator, which I don't have...

EDIT:  I did some looking, I tried opening up the .ai in gimp.  It will sort of open it but cuts most of the image off.  Can someone open this and save it as a large image for me, It could be a high quality jpeg or png file and I can mess with it from there.  I just wish image formats could be somewhat universal lol.

[bvicarious]

try the program 'inkscape'

[Steve]

How's this ??




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http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/Atari_Fan/Other/Joust.jpg

[mrclean]

not sure if this helps you.. i dropped it into adobe illustrator and blew it up 500% made it into a pdf so you should be able to edit / open it with other software... link here. http://www.sendspace.com/file/xj8g9v You should be able to edit this etc..

sample...

[boogieman]

Thanks guys,

I downloaded inkscape and opened that file.  I was able to figure out how to delete the excess stuff down to what I can use.  I didn't make it, but modified the one from the above link.  Looks pretty good.  Man I cant believe the amount of objects in that file!  It took forever to delete the extra pieces/objects (err... whatever the term is for them) and move/delete a few nodes!  I couldn't even imagine tracing or vectorizing something of that magnitude!  It took 2 hours to do what little I did! 

[Steve]

Well......... Give us a look at what you have 

[boogieman]

This is a .png file, but I have it as a vector file in inkscape.

Inkscape seems really easy to work with (so far), but I did go to school for drafting so nodes and such are not really a new concept.

Anyways, here it is:

EDIT :  Looks like the curved section on the top edge needs a bit of work, I will have to work on that in the morning, I need some sleep lol   

Added .png image

Edit:  Added a little something I made, it is a piece to go around the player 1 and 2 buttons.  This will mount on a seperate place under my monitor, but should looks really cool!  I saved the vertical .ai file as a .png and  messed with the .png some in gimp.  I think it should work great!

[TheShanMan]

Looks great! Can't wait to see the final result (pictures of your cab).