Hi everyone,
Does anyone know a program or a plugin transforming a bitmap image or photo into a set of horizontal CONTINUOUS vector lines like attached example ?
Thanks all
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Hi everyone,
Does anyone know a program or a plugin transforming a bitmap image or photo into a set of horizontal CONTINUOUS vector lines like attached example ?
Thanks all
Corel Draw/Corel trace.
Although the lines didn't vary in thickness like your example.
I stopped upgrading at ver 7.
I don't know about anything beyond that.
Xara Xtreme will do it,
Draw 1 horizontal line at the top of your picture, clone it and place the clone at the bottom of the picture.
Select both lines with the blend tool, and increase the number of steps in the blend.
My example has 100 steps. Top line dark magenta bottom line dark cyan
so that all the scan lines are visible on the coloured photo.
This is a flexible method, as you can specify the stroke, colour and thickness.
The Alien Skin Xenofex 2 plugin (television) does it too.
(Demo version in Xara Xtreme).
Saludos,
Bob.
Thanks for tip but the difficulty is actually to HAVE this thickness variation enabling the CONTINUOUS line vectors from left to right ... I had a program to do this in 1998 under PPC ... but can't use it anymore and developper stopped releasing in 1999 !
Thanks also to you Dell Boy but the idea is to works from a bitmap picture and to end up with a single tone continuous line art image that can be vectorized.
Just a couple of clicks in Xara Xtreme will change the blend characteristics.
Using in this instance, the propeller brush to alter the blend lines in the
way you wanted. Lots of brushes to choose from.
Saludos,
Bob.
Got it.
I'll give it some thought.
Saludos,
Bob.
ok a tad washed out - but this sort of thing?
Here's a .jpg of a vector drawing I made using Xara Xtreme.
I'll post how it was done if anyone's interested.
Saludos,
Bob.
I'm a bit confused [nothing new eh :rolleyes: ] about the 'continuous' bit. The attached has the picture continuing on separate lines ... is that it?
this plug-in works both in photoshop and xara.
http://www.flamingpear.com/indiaink-example1.html
what it reminds me of is the effect you get on crt when you can see the gun refresh lines
mine was done with the alien skin xenoflex television plugin and some help with xara transparency - dosn't vectrorise very well though..:(
All done in Xara Xtreme.
I can't remember the bitmap tracer settings - sorry!
Saludos,
Bob.
Thanks Bob :)
Nice avatar btw ... have you been watching Thunderbirds recently? :p :)
nice Bob - not single tone, but nice
mind you mine came out a mess :o:D
A variation of Bob's technique.
Use two lines with the cigar profile and two copies of the bitmap.
1. Use one line and one of the bitmaps.
2. Position the line along the top of the bitmap inside the bitmap's edge.
3. Select both and Arrange Shapes > Combine Shapes > Intersect Shapes.
4. Use the remaining line and bitmap.
5. Position the line along the bottom of the bitmap inside the bitmap's edge.
6. Select both and Intersect.
7. Blend between the two shapes created by intersect.
I used 90 step blend.
You can stretch and/or resize the blend.
looks nice that Bill
Bill, that is a very impressive result. Lovely job.
Shame it's not vector as requested in the original post.
(I made that mistake, too)!
Saludos,
Bob.
had a go at vectorising Bill's - be better if higher res?
[used inkscape]
EDIT - the horizonatal/vertical page behind ignore - thats just noise - can be got rid of
take two smooth and not smooth trace
Nice one Bill :)
I only attach this variation of my previous post cos it took me a long time to do ... no filters! :p Apologies :)
BTW - done in similar way. Two blip lines (one reversed) >> clone/move >> blend >> convert to editable shapes >> break >> group >> apply bitmap ... and, for this one, set dark contone colour for each line
Bob that is true.
I wonder why vector objects are required.
Neat Steve :) What are you tracing with ?
inkscape John - greyscale scan
Steve here is my .xar file if you want to try adding contrast.
I named it raster-lines, referring to television raster scan rather than raster graphics. ;)
Thanks Steve :)
thanks Bill I'll take a look :)
ok all I've time for now - enhanced in xara, traced again in inkscape :)
Thanks for the file Bill, they look even beter in XaraVision.
Interesting effects with different colour rectangles behind the top two.
Saludos,
Bob.
I'm not altogether convinced your example shown is an image composed of vector data at all. If you have an original vector example I'd like you to post it as a vector?
However, based on ther raster version you attached, I believe a very similar effect is repeatable using PaintShopPro X2's halftone filter set to lines.
This is found under 'Artistic Effects'.
Cheers Steve (Sledger).
I had forgotten that PSP's halftone could do lines :o
I rarely use Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop preferring to work in Xara Xtreme :D
The first attachment was made in PSP 8 and the second was made in Photoshop CS. Both use the halftone effect/filter and have similar but notably different look to the images.
Bill if you convert your PSP result to monotone ( 2 colour) and save it as a gif, plop it into Xtreme and trace it - you can create a pretty clean 100% vector.
A variation on a theme.
hi everyone ... nice to see the post is so challenging your creativity !
but, dear all, we aren't quite there yet ... a detail to help understanding, the goal is a "cutting" job, not a print. Meaning, no ink, no contract, no color. Just a bunch of vectors sent to a cutter ... cutting a vynil (for lettering a truck) !
CONTINUOUS lines are crucial ... otherwise, you spend days (weeks ?) choosing the vynil elements to be kept and the ones to leave sticked on the vehicle !
i attach the vector file, created in 1997 with the original, discontinued, software (it was a .ps, now imported in AI and saved in PDF for forum post)
HERE WE GO FOR ANOTHER ROUND !
Thanks in advance for your help and solutions.
Was it you who created the example in 1997 using PhotoShop?
What is preventing you creating another now?
By continous, I take it you mean you don't want breaks otherwise you'll go mad trying to weed the vinyl?
Something like this is best *printed to vinyl* before sending to the plotter/cutter, weeding is then dead easy (weed out the white). Of course, you need to have a wide-format digital printer such as the Mimaki JV33.
Anyhow, the halftone effect as lines should do the trick, then trace with the program of your choice.
Seems you're almost there.
thanks ... a lot.
I created the original file ... but not in photoshop ... with the "tech'line" software provided with my original (old) Roland cutter ... the fact that the soft isn't available anymore (the french editor is now specialised in 3D industry modelling), the fact that the version I have is still on 2 unsable 3'5 disks, that it's a old Mac PPC version and the fact that the old used Macintosh was burried in 1999 prevents me to use it.
are you using Jasc or Corel Paint Shop Pro ? Being a macuser, I don't know those two progs.
Corel PSP X2.
Sorry I can't help with Mac software :(
too bad ... I'm sure photoshop can do it ... but I can't manage ...
Thanks anyway
Hi ... went back on a PC with PPPX2 on it and tried ... great !
The only thing is : how do you guys manage to keep the lines separate (even to a minimum) ?