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Discussion in 'Creative Arts' started by mikemechanic, Oct 29, 2006.

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  1. mikemechanic

    mikemechanic Karting

    Aug 12, 2006
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    #1 mikemechanic, Oct 29, 2006
    I am trying to make some decals for a 1/16 project I am working on. I now have a good shot of the emblems on the rear of a Countach but how do I convert them into an image to print out? When I use the live trace option it converts the whole picture into some wierd blob, is there a good way to outline just the emblems and get rid of the rest of the picture? I am using Illustrator CS2 and have no clue how to use this. Thanks.

    Mike.
     
  2. djui5

    djui5 F1 Veteran

    Aug 9, 2006
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    #2 djui5, Oct 29, 2006
    do you have photoshop?
     
  3. mikemechanic

    mikemechanic Karting

    Aug 12, 2006
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    #3 mikemechanic, Oct 29, 2006
    Yes. Will that help?

    Mike.
     
  4. djui5

    djui5 F1 Veteran

    Aug 9, 2006
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    #4 djui5, Oct 29, 2006
    Yeah, it's what I use for anything photo related. Not sure about illustrator, though live trace sounds interesting :)

    Open up the picture in Photoshop and use the "extract" feature to trace the image you want to keep. Save the image as a .jpg, full resolution, and print it out that way.

    This will explain it.
    http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Photoshop/Using-Adobe-Photoshop-CS-Part-2/7/
     

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