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[donkeymusic]

Hello

I have the image attached that i would like to use to abackground for a site, at this point the image is low res so when it its enlarged it becomes pixelated, how can i make the edges smoother? also how can i change the colour to a light grey?

Any help is much appreciated thanks

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[PSgirl]

If it's not a vector, it would be difficult to enlarge that image and keep it looking good without loosing quality.
And to change the color to a light grey, you can make a new document in PS, paste the image and decrease its opacity.

[Erik Bernskiold]

Another possible way to make it grey, if it is on a transparent background (it it isn't, it won't be hard to make it just use the Magic Wand tool and press Ctrl + J (duplicate)) just go into blending options and do a grey colour overlay or add an adjustment layer to change colour, those two if you want your original image still intact. If you don't mind overwriting the black, just fill it again with the grey colour.

For making it enlarge, you would have to do it a vector image, which for this simple image would be very easy to do if you have Adobe Illustrator.

[Scythar]

Put it on 1 layer in Illustrator and trace it with the pen tool in a layer above that one. In that case you have a vector with whatever color you want.

[donkeymusic]

Scythar, on Dec 12 2006, 05:34 PM, said:

Put it on 1 layer in Illustrator and trace it with the pen tool in a layer above that one. In that case you have a vector with whatever color you want.

i thought it would require illustrator

aint got that anymore, is there any other option? can it be done in photoshop?

[Dance]

Yeah, you could trace it with the pen tool in PS just as in Illustrator, no problems its just abit different workflow and path manageing. Do it a solid at a time and then enlarge it all uniformly.

[Erik Bernskiold]

Scythar, on Dec 12 2006, 06:34 PM, said:

Put it on 1 layer in Illustrator and trace it with the pen tool in a layer above that one. In that case you have a vector with whatever color you want.

Just want to point out that for tracing...using Illustrator Live Trace is much simpler than using the pen tool, most surely. When there is the most powerful Live Trace, why use the other?

[donkeymusic]

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[quote name='Scythar' post='188839' date='Dec 12 2006, 06:34 PM']Put it on 1 layer in Illustrator and trace it with the pen tool in a layer above that one. In that case you have a vector with whatever color you want.[/quote]
Just want to point out that for tracing...using Illustrator Live Trace is much simpler than using the pen tool, most surely. When there is the most powerful Live Trace, why use the other?
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because i dont have illustrator

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[Erik Bernskiold]

I was merely thinking of the way Scythar talked about, in Illustrator, just saying using Live Trace there seems much easier than going around with the pen tool.

I never said anything again about that you should use Illustrator, just adding for anyone that it might help.

[Scythar]

You're right, but i don't use it, since the edges are never smooth, it's a approximation technique, good for quick tracing but you'll never get an exact trace.

[Erik Bernskiold]

That of course. It is impressively accurate now in CS2 though, and it being Live as well, you never need to undo a trace. That's kinda cool after all. There is an excellent tutorial here if anyone needs it.