OK, I'll be the virgin
#1 _*Garzlok_*
Posted 30 December 2003 - 02:49 PM
#2
Posted 30 December 2003 - 03:02 PM
Try that until I can find me a phtoshop guru to help around here
Faken
edit - Here's an example: http://www.algolab.com/index.htm
#3 _*Garzlok_*
Posted 31 December 2003 - 07:34 AM
First thing I learned is that resolution is VERY important if you want either program to do a good trace job on a photograph. I don’t know what resolutions you use, but typically I keep web media at 72-75 dpi and if I’m printing I’ll go 250-300 dpi. Well, to get these apps to trace well, Algolab recommended a minimum 600 dpi resolution. 600dpi! I need a 40-inch monitor to see the entire picture at that resolution… .
Anyway at 600 dpi I started to get some nice vectoring that I could actually use, but it still wasn’t “simple” enough. So, being the typical American that I am, I go by the philosophy that more is better. I increased resolution to 700, and things got better. I worked my way to 1000 dpi (ouch!). Then I saw a screen that I’ve never seen before. “Insufficient RAM” I guess a 1 Ghz, 512 MB with a 64MB GeForce 4 machine isn’t beefy enough to do what I want… . I guess I’ll wait for the Photoshop Guru, because I have to believe there is an easier way (and one that my machine can perform).
I was surfing the web this morning and I came across a Photoshop Plug-in called Harry's Filter (Freeware to boot) Anyway, the plug-in has some 55 effects and one of them is cartoon art. It's just a thumbnail image shown, so I can't see the quality. I won't hold my breath, but maybe I just got lucky
Edited by Garzlok, 31 December 2003 - 11:07 AM.
#4
Posted 31 December 2003 - 03:48 PM
http://www.fake-smil...als/cartoon.php
http://graphicssoft....rtoonphotos.htm
http://www.softpile....6676_index.html
http://pub144.ezboar...picID=366.topic
Hope those help
Faken
#5 _*Garzlok_*
Posted 01 January 2004 - 12:54 AM
I like it and I don't like it. I like that you can tell what kind of beer I'm drinking. I like that you can almost see the time on my watch. I guess it boils down to simplicity vs detail. How simple can you make something, but yet show the detail you want.
#6
Posted 01 January 2004 - 01:38 AM
Well what you can do is cut out the parts that you want detailed... like for instance the beer can label area, cut it out as a new object. Then cartoon the rest further, then blend in your label cut out so that part has the detail. It's defintely getting there though.Ok, I messed around and got this.
I like it and I don't like it. I like that you can tell what kind of beer I'm drinking. I like that you can almost see the time on my watch. I guess it boils down to simplicity vs detail. How simple can you make something, but yet show the detail you want.
Faken
#7 _*Archangel_*
Posted 27 February 2004 - 10:22 AM
Something else you could do is set your image to a 50% background and then simply trace over the top of it filling it in as a cartoon. I don't have a sample image to show you at the moment but I did the same thing doing a self portrait of myself.
Actually, Freehand or Canvas would probably be the best thing to do this in as opposed to photoshop. I had done my in one of these two, but I don't remember which.
I'll try to remember and get it on this weekend so you can see. It's a little more work b/c it's not a filter, but it words quite well actually.
#8 _*Archangel_*
Posted 28 February 2004 - 09:12 AM
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