Converting Selection to Vector (image)

I have a logo that I created for test purposes at a lower resolution. Is it possible to take the active selection of the logo and create a vector from it without having to manually trace over it with the pen tool or adobe illustrator (I do not own illustrator). If I could do this within photoshop that would be my preference.
Thanks

@Conroy
Thanks for the reply. I went ahead and traced the major portion I need. Now that its traced, how do I convert it to a selection and fill it solid black as a vector graphic? Thanks

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Converting bitmap to vector image?

can this be done?

Depending on the artwork, yes, results can be quite acceptable - it does depend on the software used as well. Vector Magic does a much better job than most, even identifying true circles, ellipses, squares, creating nice curves, and so on, even based on low res artwork.
http://vectormagic.com/home
But to achieve a perfect result means manual work.

Please Help!! I need to convert these tiny icons into vector images?!

I'm having trouble using live trace and converting these icons into vector images. They are of such low resolution and I am even having trouble tracing them in illustrator. Could someone help me out?? I tried it on livetrace, but it doesnt seem to give me the result I need...The pentool is painful to use on such tiny images...
http://i52.tinypic.com/s62g3m.png
http://i51.tinypic.com/69j8sx.png
http://i51.tinypic.com/5d6l8z.png

tromboniator wrote:
If you aren't comfortable with the pen tool, try this: I used the Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, and Rotate tools, Object>Path>Offset Path, and Subtract from shape area (or whatever it's called in your version of AI) in the Pathfinder panel. Also a few guides. It took just a few minutes, and it wasn't necessarily the best or the fastest way. Look at the shapes that make up the image and their relationships: the top of the tree is basically a bunch of ellipses or circles equidistant from and equally spaced around a point. Draw an ellipse over the tree image that looks like the right shape for one of the lobes, select the Rotate tool, opt/alt-click about in the middle of the tree top, and set the angle to 360÷number of lobes (in this case, 8), press enter. Hit cmd/ctrl D until you have enough lobes. draw a circle to fill the gap in the middle. Similarly for the other shapes. The top of the mortarboard hat is basically a square, rotated 90° and vertically compressed. the bottom of it is an ellipse with the direction lines/handles adjusted to change the curves of the bottom. And that's just one way to do it. Live Trace is useless for this kind of task; you need to draw it.
Peter
Oh, yeah: Object>Compound Path>Make
Or better than that get comfortable with the pen tool and Illustrator in general and perhaps take a course so you can use the application.

Hey, How do I populate my replace colors color library in illustrator? I tried to replace color on a traced/ vectorized image and when I selected and went to the color library CC said I need to use a valid username. I was already logged into my adobe acco

Hey, How do I populate my replace colors color library in illustrator? I tried to replace color on a traced/ vectorized image and when I selected and went to the color library CC said I need to use a valid username. I was already logged into my adobe account.

Can you please show a screenshot of what exactly you want to replace where?

How to convert all white - alpha for vector image?

I'm attempting to make a new font. Currently I've been saving all the png -> vector images that I work with as .AI files, so that I can import them into my font program later, and they open fine in illustrator. The problem is, I usually save my vector images with a white background instead of alpha. Now, I need to replace white with alpha, but I can't find a magic wand in illustrator . Any help?

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I only knew the most fundamental differences between raster and vector: that raster images are saved in dots while vector images are saved in, at the simpliest, lines.
Not "dots"; pixels. Pixels are simply color values. That's all. Raster programs arrange color values in a rectangular grid of same-size rectangles (usually squares).
Not "lines"; paths. Paths are discrete individual objects. Paths are stacked, independently moved, freely arranged, scaled, filled, stroked, and otherwise manipulated as individual objects.
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But I'd have thought there was a way to quickly delete the white lines
There is no "vector image" with a background. Where there are no objects, there is no "background." If a path is there, regardless of whether it has a white fill, a white stroke, or fill(s) and/or stroke(s) of any other color or no color at all, the path is there and can be deleted. (Again, there is no substitute for learning to use the program from the documentation.)
Technically, paths are mathematically-defined curves. So even a "straight line" is a path, and is technically a curve. The specific kind of mathematically-defined curve used in programs like Illustrator is called a Bezier curve.
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I have no idea how hard it is to create a vector image from scratch.
It's not rocket science. Anyone can learn it. But again, you have to learn it. There is no substitute for learning to use the program from the documentation.
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I myself am mostly a newbie in both hemispheres of the graphic design world.
It shows. And there's certainly nothing wrong with that. We all started as beginners. I'm not trying to belittle you: I'm offering you sound advice that will serve as a very valuable shortcut to becoming more than a beginner (if you will accept it) without an unnecessary amount of fumbling around with bad practices.
Just don't ever claim to a client or in a job interview to know anything at all about any mainstream general-purpose vector drawing program (of which Illustrator is just one) until you are proficient at drawing Bezier curves. That's prerequisite. It's lesson one in chapter one. Might as well start there. Start at the correct beginning and you'll know all the answers to the questions you have asked in this thread. Your understanding of "background" and things like why a region with no objects is not the same thing as an alpha channel in a raster image will come very early if you just start at the beginning. You've got to learn the lay of the land. Start at the beginning.
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In any case, I use a program called vectormagic that does the work for me pretty well, so you might want to check it out.
Trust me; I'm familiar with it. It's just another autotrace program. I know what it does. I know how "well" it does it. Everything I said in the previous post stands.
Vector drawing programs are not the kind of program you learn by just launching it and poking around. Not if you want to avoid endless confusion and frustration. Asking random questions in an online user forum (in which wrong "answers" are just as common as right answers) everytime you encounter a point of confusion is just as inefficient. Read the documentation.
JET

Vector image in Photoshop?

Hi Guys
I trying to wrap a text around a circle in this Q1 logo here:
http://www.ollepersson.com/Q1SurfersParadise/index.html
The major problem is that the “bitmap” type image
distorts and become unreadable. I’ve tried vector images both
in Flash and Illustrator, but there I can’t find a text
wrapping function.
I’ve also transferred illustrator images to Photoshop,
but they convert automatically to bitmap.
So:
How can I create and work with vector images in Photoshop?
Or:
Where in the CS3 programs can I work with text manipulations
in a vector format?
Second issue:
It seems like Photoshop only wraps the text 180 degrees? If I
have a longer text the ends of the string will be straight down
from the 180-degree point?
THANKS GUYS!!!
Olle…

Ollep wrote:
> Thank SnakEye!!!
>
> I'm getting right back to illustrator now!!
>
>
> Olle...
As Snake says, Illustrator is an option. Just draw a circle
around your
logo, click on the 'text to path' tool click on the
circumference line
of the circle and start typing. To rotate the type to the
correct
position select the 'empty arrow' tool, click on the center
of the
circle, chosse the 'rotate' tool in the tool box and spin the
circle
around until its in the desired location.
Having said that....the text around that logo looks a bit too
small to
be read anyway as a gif or jpg file. You need to consider if
it really
adds anything or just looks a mess. Below a certain size gifs
and jpg
text becomes practically unreadable.

Converting png to vector

I have Freehand 10 and have always had a hek of a time trying
to figure this program out, I love fireworks, but am really
learning to hate freehand. Anyway, now that I've vented, can
somebody tell me if it's possible to convert a bitmap image (in my
case a png file) to a vector image. I've blacked out the bitmap and
am trying to convert it for use now to a vector. I appreciate any
help before I go crazy.

> I have Freehand 10 and have always had a hek of a time
trying to figure this
> program out, I love fireworks, but am really learning to
hate freehand. Anyway,
> now that I've vented, can somebody tell me if it's
possible to convert a bitmap
> image (in my case a png file) to a vector image. I've
blacked out the bitmap
> and am trying to convert it for use now to a vector. I
appreciate any help
> before I go crazy.
No, you can't convert but you can trace.
Tracing means that the program reads outlines from an image
and makes the paths accordingly. The result depends on the quality
of the image. Small low res web graphics cannot be traced very well
because tracing do not have any intelligence whatsoever. Even with
very good images there is a lot of cleaning to do, especially if
there must be vertical and horizontal lines, sharp angles, circles
etc.
If the image is very simple it is best to put the image to
the background layer and remake it from scratch with drawing tools.
FreeHand, Yes. Import the image into FreeHand and marquee
select the area you want to trace with the trace tool. (The magic
wand icon in the toolbar.) Double click gives the settings. Getting
a good result usually requires fair amount of trial and error.
Sometimes combining parts of several traces work best.
Jukka

How do I create a cut-path ONLY on the outer edge of my vector image?

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Here I have a vector image. The pink stroke is a cut path that the software I use at work recognises and cuts. (Used for vinyl decals/stickers etc). All the lines highlighted in pink is useless to me, as it would cut out each individual line.
All I need is the outer edge of the entire graphic.
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Adobe Acrobat 9 supposedly allows you to convert selected areas of a web page to PDF from within Int

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Problem #1:
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In my case, that’s not happening
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Can I edit text in a vector image?

My apologies if this is a stupid question!
I downloaded a vector image from Shutterstock that said "Your Text Here" implying you can edit the text. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to edit the text. When I open the image in illustrator I can select the text but not edit it. Removing each piece of the letter distorts the background. Help!

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Mylenium

A way to convert selection from query builder in DML language

I search a way to convert selection from query builder in DML language.
regards

We will make a sample from this request and post it on OTN. I have pasted all the JSP code so you should be able to use it directly. Just change the BISession details and the presentation references.
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<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=windows-1252"%>
<%@ page import="java.util.Vector" %>
<%@ page import="oracle.dss.thin.beans.crosstab.ThinCrosstab" %>
<%@ page import="oracle.dss.util.DataAccess" %>
<%@ page import="oracle.dss.selection.Selection" %>
<%@ page import="oracle.dss.thin.beans.graph.ThinGraph" %>
<%@ page import="oracle.dss.dataSource.client.QueryClient"%>
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<orabi:BIThinSession id="BIThinSession1" configuration="/Project1BIConfig1.xml" >
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<orabi:Presentation id="untitled2_Presentation2" location="Presentation2" />
</orabi:BIThinSession>
<%
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%>
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<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>
Hello World
</title>
</head>
<body>
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</FORM>
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The current time is:
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<%= new java.util.Date() %></p>
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</html>
<% } %>
<%-- End synchronization of the BI tags --%>
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If you have Illustrator then you can get the paths into Photoshop so they are editable with Photoshop's vector tools. Open the vector file in Illustrator, select the required objects and copy to the clipboard. Paste into Photoshop, choosing "Shape Layer" or "Path" when prompted.
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Is there a way really one can use to convert bitmap images into vectored images?
I ask this question in response to a problem that I have. I take photos using a camera of resolution 72 pixels per inch and then process them in a program I have written in Java. I then print cards as the output of the system processing. The picture quality I then produce is a worry. The images are blurred and they rather look like zoomed bitmap images. Its not very disgusting but its something the clients are complaining about.
I have tried editing the images in different photo editors but it still remains a question. I have tried to change the resolution of the images but still the problem persists. This the led me to thinking that the reasons could be:
1. the printer I am using is printing at a different resolution with the resolution of the camera.
2. the images are bitmaps and so since I am changing the height and width (propotionally though), that could be leading to distortion of the images slightly. Hence I am looking for a bitmap to vector image convetor.
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Is there a way really one can use to convert bitmap
images into vectored images?
I ask this question in response to a problem that I
have. I take photos using a camera of resolution 72
pixels per inch and then process them in a program I
have written in Java. I then print cards as the
output of the system processing. The picture quality
I then produce is a worry. The images are blurred and
they rather look like zoomed bitmap images. Its not
very disgusting but its something the clients are
complaining about. And what makes you think that vectorizing an image is actually an improvement?
Suggestions with regards to where I could be going
wrong are very much welcome.Get a better camera.

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Hello
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Director supports a wide variety of graphic formats. Vector graphics are supported as native vector shapes (#vectorShape) or as Flash SWF files. Vector shapes are created in Director using the Vector tool. Often, developers need to import art created in an illustration application such as Macromedia FreeHand, Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW. However, EPS, AI, FH9 and CDR file formats are not natively supported in Director and cannot be imported without the use of an Xtra or plug-in.
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Cheers.

Those should come from iStock in the EPS format. From the
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