trace or re create

[jen0dorf]

Hi

I want to turn the shape into a vector am I better to use the trace option or re create from scratch?

thanks

Ian

[Intbel]

Hi
I want to turn the shape into a vector am I better to use the trace option or re create from scratch?
thanks
Ian

If, by trace, yu mean bitmap tracer I'd say no.

'Tis a simple image - redrawing is the better and more accurate way to go.

Only take you five minutes or so ...

[jen0dorf]

thanks for the advice.

Five minutes or so?

Ok I'm off the clock is ticking

Ian

[WolfMoonHP]

Raymond, it took me about 10 minutes, but I have a bad tendency to put in two or three times as many nodes as I need
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Will

[Intbel]

I did say five minutes or so >grin<

Mind you, I'm no judge of time ... I often stop after thirty minutes to find I've been at it for a couple of hours.

So it may have taken me fifteen minutes - it felt like five minutes ...

... or so.

[gwpriester]

Doing it by hand (vector) is always (in my opinion) the best way. It is cleaner, and more accurate.

Gary

[Xhris]

Illustrator's rather excellent line tracing capabilities made a perfect trace immediately. I'd love to see Xara's tracer increased in capabilities; it's been great for the last 10 years, but it could probably do with a revamp now.