Watch me trace

[The Vector Doctor]

Most of you know how to trace but there are some customers that don't quite know what is involved. So I have posted a quicktime movie of a somewhat simple job. Even the veterans might learn something. This was done using Adobe Illustrator CS3 because I prefer the smart guides in CS3 over what Adobe changed in either 4 or 5

I use smart guides and frequently use the weld tool and the minus front or minus back tools to make sure all points align perfectly.

Note: the last letter T did not quite line up on the baseline but that was fixed

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5144854/vector trace.mov

Warning to those with slow connections: file is 12mb

 

[mikey-Oh]

Pretty cool Eric.
What were you jamming on Spotify at the time?

 

[The Vector Doctor]

Pretty cool Eric.
What were you jamming on Spotify at the time?

Dark Knight soundtrack

 

[WildWestDesigns]

That is pretty cool.

 

[Fred Weiss]

Very nice Eric. :signs101:

 

[omgsideburns]

thanks for that eric, you're quick! i learned a few techniques off of that too.

 

[J Hill Designs]

yeah way quick! wish i knew illy - looks like the bezier tool is better by far than corel if you know shortcuts etc

 

[Gino]

 

[The Vector Doctor]

yeah way quick! wish i knew illy - looks like the bezier tool is better by far than corel if you know shortcuts etc

Yeah I sometimes hear people complain about the Illustrator pen tool, but it may be more of a lack of familiarity rather than shortcomings

 

[weaselboogie]

yeah way quick! wish i knew illy - looks like the bezier tool is better by far than corel if you know shortcuts etc

maybe you dont know the corel shortcuts...

Awesome work eric! Amazed at your speed and precision! Sometimes what I'll do is fine similar characters and use them to create the second letter. For example the O, I could trace that then chop it off to make the C. As I'm typing this, I assume that you know this and that you're trying to show the entire process to the customer and not shortcuts. I'll shut up now. :Big Laugh

 

[The Vector Doctor]

maybe you dont know the corel shortcuts...

Awesome work eric! Amazed at your speed and precision! Sometimes what I'll do is fine similar characters and use them to create the second letter. For example the O, I could trace that then chop it off to make the C. As I'm typing this, I assume that you know this and that you're trying to show the entire process to the customer and not shortcuts. I'll shut up now. :Big Laugh

Yes I do this quite often.

 

[Tim Aucoin]

Very cool Eric! Thanks for posting!!

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[The Vector Doctor]

Thanks all for the compliments. If there is anything that you want to see I can probably make a movie when I have the time.

The QT software movie on this was originally 900mb!! I reduced the resolution and resaved. Is the quality ok to see what is going on? I'm on a 23 inch screen

 

[Fred Weiss]

Looked alright to me ... but I'm on a 24" screen.

 

[omgsideburns]

Looked alright to me ... but I'm on a 24" screen.

Whoa Fred, you don't have to brag about it..

but i have dual 24"s

 

[WildWestDesigns]

Worked fine on my 28", my 22" and on my 21". Wanted to make sure that it worked on a variety of different monitors for you.

 

[Fred Weiss]

Whoa Fred, you don't have to brag about it..

but i have dual 24"s

No brag ... just fact. My second one is a 3 to 4 ratio 19" (handy for making videos in that size ratio when needed).

 

[TheSnowman]

So THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT! I don't even need to send you anything anymore Eric! J/K...great work as always. I love how fast and perfect you are at it.

 

[njshorts]

very cool, thanks for posting it!

 

[The Vector Doctor]

So THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT! I don't even need to send you anything anymore Eric! J/K...great work as always. I love how fast and perfect you are at it.

That is one reason I posted it, so people could see the quality that goes into each job. It certainly helps having clean art. Plus someone might learn something.