Vector data for photoshop ?

Is it possibile to turn a simple black and white grapghic into a vector file to use on my sillouette vynle Cameo cutter?

How did you make out?
If you search the Web search using the google search I gave you can find some raster to vector conversion programs. The Free GNU one I found and use is called "potrace". Was not too hard to script with Photoshop. All I do use program's default settings. Pass potrace a file and it creates a EPS file by default. Most likely EPS files are perfect for Adobe illustrator but I don't have illustrator. Photoshop opens potrace
Encapsulated PostScript files as a raster layer however potrace used Bezier curves in the esp file so loading the layers transparency as a selection, converting it to a path and defining a custom shape works quite well. The script take just a few seconds to run. How good the custom shape is depends on the original artwork. Here is a couple examples using artwork I found using google images. To see the screen capture right click it and open link in a new browser window or tab ans scale to full size.

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I was wondering if anyone could help me out here: I've created a Photoshop document with some stylized text (gradient overlays), and I need for this to be transparent. If I save it as a PSD file it retains the transparency when I add it to InDesign. However, I'd like to keep the text as vector if possible (I have not rasterized it). I know I'd have to use a Photoshop PDF for that, but I can't figure out how to make a PDF transparent. Should I be trying to go through Illustrator somehow? Or stick with the rasterized type? Hope that makes sense.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks, Phyllis

I checked that (and set it to transparent), but it still makes it white. I guess it flattens the Photoshop document which makes it no longer transparent? My original document was just on a transparent background in Photoshop. I tried a clipping path just now, but there's no option to save that into the PDF (as far as I can tell). I'm guessing I need to switch to Illustrator if I need transparency on a vector?
Thanks, Phyllis

Photoshop EPS not saving vector data?

I have a Photoshop CS3 file with 2 layers that use vector masks. I saved the file as an .eps and checked "Include Vector Data." I placed the .eps in an InDesign document. On screen everything looks fine, but if I print to PDF the vector mask layers are missing; likewise if I open/rasterize the .eps file in Photoshop the vector mask layers are gone. It prints fine if I place the original .psd file in the InDesign doc. Any ideas why .eps doesn't appear to save the vector data? Thanks...

I understand that eps doesn't support layers, and that vector data will be rasterized if I open the eps in photoshop. That's not the issue; the issue is the vector layer data is being *discarded* and is not making it through the workflow: eps placed into an InDesign document and distilled to PDF.
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Hw can I generate XY graphs directly in a vector data format for printing ie pdf

A further question re. Printing of Graphs
There are many similar questions but none where the answers are acceptably adiquite or two or three were the link was broken,
"Developer exchange forums have been moved" and a pointer to the new
site, unfort it was hard to find or guess the rest of the link.
So here is my angle on this problem;
So far I have tried;
Using property node: "App. Printing.Default Printer" to select the printer to use, then
Using Report Functions to print controls;
New Report, to generate a new report reference
Set Report Orientation
Set Report Margins
Set Report Font
Set Report Header Text
Set Report Font
Set Report Footer Text
loop for each page
Set Report Footer Text, With page number
Append Control Image to Report, several times
New Report Page
Until the end of the last page
Print Report
Dispose Report
Initially using existing XY-Graph controls from the front panel. These
are on a page of a Tab control to hide these controls while not in use
and allow them to be hidden while generating the printout.
Unfortunately when this page is hidden any graph scales set to
autoscale don't, (normally don't need to and would otherwise be a waste
of processor time), resulting in graph plots going off scale or
becoming a line along the axis.
An issue is that what is printed appears to be read from the screen, so resolution is much
lower than required for for printing, resulting in rather pixellated
printed versions. These prints will usually be emailed, so tried the
pdf995 "printer driver" but the resulting pdf file size is rather large.
Currently trying Plot-XY on a much larger picture so as to get
adequate resolution for printing, however suspect this will result in
much larger pdf files and probably cause other problems.
The preferred solution in this case will probably be to generate print
output, instead of based on raster images (ie jpg or png), but on a
vector format, maybe via postscript or directly in pdf format.
Similar graphs currently printed from Excel via pdf995
(or OpenOffice) result in files around 20 kb per page. these can be printed at any size
(at least upto 64 times) without becoming pixellated, so assume these
are vector based.
Currently a page with 4 XY Graph controls uses around 40 to 45 kb per
page but resolution is poor and overcoming that may push file size up
to 150 to 200 kb per page, and the whole job can be 50 to 100 pages.
Are there any functions to generate XY graphs directly in a vector data format preferably in pdf or via PostScript format.
Cheers
Darryl

Hi Darryl,
I was able to reproduce the issue you were seeing, in which a report generation was taking up a large amount of space per page in a PDF utility. I found; however, using my attached VI (notice that it is set to *.png) and the CutePDF utility (free download at http://www.cutepdf.com/) I was able to get a per page size of about 10 KB. Also using the png I found that the image quality seemed to be quite high.
Please try incorporating this solution into your application and see if it reduces your file sizes.
Thanks and have a good evening!
Cheers,
Jonah
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
Jonah Paul
Marketing Manager, Embedded Software
Evaluate the LabVIEW RIO Platform! - ni.com/rioeval
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print_XY Graph.vi ‏23 KB

Recommended tutorials for using paths/vector art in Photoshop?

Hi all!
Can you recommend any good tutorials for using paths/vector art in Photoshop?
Honestly, I've had a good look for even one - without much success.
I Have lots of experience with paths/vector art in Illustrator, Fireworks and InDesign but I believe you really can do great things with them in Photoshop now for illustration work.
i'm just baffled by it. I can fill and stroke and edit a vector shape in PS - but if I custom DRAW a vector path or shape, things get confusing!
Hoping someone can point me in a helpful direction
John

John,
I wouldn't claim to know everything there is to know, but I'm reasonably certain it hasn't changed.
Are the 'shapes' just vector masks with a raster element inside?
Yes. That's an accurate enough description.
And if you apply a colour to a path that you've drawn - does it rasterise?
It doesn't have to rasterize. If you see color, it's pixels.
I was definitely of the impression that a lot more could be done in PS these days that might formerly have been done in ILLUSTRATOR.
The shape/path tools in Photoshop have been enhanced and improved in recent years, but the product of their use still differs from Illustrator's true vector output.

Save as EPS - Include Vector Data - Printing problems

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I'm having an issue with PDFs that I send to a specific newspaper and only them. The problem only occurs in the vector data that is saved in the EPS to be distilled.
Here's an overview of my workflow
*Build ad in Photoshop CS3
*Save EPS with Preview:Macintosh(8Bits);Encoding: ASCII85; Include Vector Data; all other options not checked
*Distill EPS to Press Quality PDF
*Send to newspaper
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I have their in-house Distiller settings and use those now instead of Press Quality. This should rule out any problems with the Distiller settings.
I send dozens of PDFs a week to multiple publications and only have trouble with this one. Is it possible that the "Preview" and/or "Encoding" in the EPS is the problem? Any suggestions what the bare bones settings should be for "Preview" and "Encoding" for the EPS? I want to keep the Vector Data b/c the outputted text remains crisp.
Thanks!

I agree with Mike.
A lot of newspapers are not making a lot of profit and, as a result, may not have up-to-date RIPs. This is demonstrated by your statement that this is the only publication you have problems with.
If your only concern is file size, know that either way, you're dealing with small files. Try the direct-from-Photoshop route with the paper and see what happens. Get the production guru at the paper to work with you on solving the problem.
Also, what happens if you Distill the file as an industry-standard PDF/X-1a file. If you see that the file is compliant, you shouldn't have a problem.
Neil

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A friend of mine asked me to make a design that will be cut out by a laser cutter.
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Just to update the topic. Beth sent me a file.
You were there Beth
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Need help trying to "include Vector Data" when saving as an EPS? Anyone?

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Mike Ornellas wrote:
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Or live text or a clipping path.
Copy the logo from Illustrator to Photoshop. When asked, say you want a Shape Layer (I forget the exact wording). If the logo must be more than one colour, duplicate the layer for each additional colour and, on each layer, delete all path segments that are not needed for that particular colour. Group the layers in a folder for easy moving and scaling.
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Hello,
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