"VECTOR MAGIC"

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delooch

October 26, 2007, 05:48:33 PM
Hey, this was on digg this morning, anyone able to check it out? Its always too busy to process my jobs..

some comment that it works better than illy autotrace and corel..

im gonna keep trying..

http://vectormagic.stanford.edu/

jezza

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October 27, 2007, 05:01:01 AM
Still swamped Saturday morning UK
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gnubler

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October 29, 2007, 11:16:48 AM
Wow. Life just keeps getting easier and easier. I've done two test images with super results.

Before




After

Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

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Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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jezza

#3
October 29, 2007, 11:20:46 AM
Taht's not half bad at all. How long was the turn around gnubler?
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whoami

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October 29, 2007, 11:56:27 AM Last Edit: October 29, 2007, 12:02:25 PM by whoami
This is a great website.  I'm defenitely going to use it.  Looks like turn around time is only a few minutes

pspdfppdfxhd

#5
October 29, 2007, 12:32:20 PM
wow....why are they giving this "magic" away for free??

pspdfppdfxhd

#6
October 29, 2007, 12:42:21 PM
I'm definately bookmarking this site  :'(

gnubler

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October 29, 2007, 01:49:29 PM
Quote from: jezza on October 29, 2007, 11:20:46 AMTaht's not half bad at all. How long was the turn around gnubler?

It was lickety-split, about 2-3 minutes from upload to download.
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

Member #14 • Size 5 • PH8 Unit 7 • Paranoid Misanthropic Doomsayer • Printing & Drinking Since 1998 • doomed ©2011 david

gnubler

#8
October 29, 2007, 01:50:55 PM
My above squirrel image test was done on all the default settings, with medium fidelity for the trace. High fidelity would have taken longer, I'm sure.
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

Member #14 • Size 5 • PH8 Unit 7 • Paranoid Misanthropic Doomsayer • Printing & Drinking Since 1998 • doomed ©2011 david

jezza

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October 29, 2007, 03:19:28 PM
gnubler, have you made any comparisons with tracing in Illy?
one sick prepress mofo

gnubler

#10
October 29, 2007, 03:42:03 PM
I don't have CS3, and the Auto Trace Tool in CS1 is pretty lame. Has anyone else tried a comparison with Tracing in CS3?
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

Member #14 • Size 5 • PH8 Unit 7 • Paranoid Misanthropic Doomsayer • Printing & Drinking Since 1998 • doomed ©2011 david

jezza

#11
October 29, 2007, 03:46:35 PM
gnubler please remind me if I don't do it, and I'll check it out in CS2 before I Leopard myself. It's well worth while tinkering with settings for autotrace away from the defaults. There must be settings you can alter in Vector Magic...  ???
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PlateSmith

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October 30, 2007, 11:51:40 AM
I always wanted a job at which I did nothing but trace with a pen tool in Illustrator for 40 hours a week.  Now like Plating 40 hours a week, it's on its way to the island of misfit career dreams.   :(
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almaink

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October 30, 2007, 11:57:17 AM
Quote from: gnubler on October 29, 2007, 03:42:03 PMI don't have CS3, and the Auto Trace Tool in CS1 is pretty lame. Has anyone else tried a comparison with Tracing in CS3?

I have it's about the same. I use a plugin called Vektor Forge myself in Illy. It does a better job, more like Streamline.
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born2print

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November 13, 2007, 12:59:37 PM
I can't rave enough about Vector magic, really saved me a lot of time today:

Illustrate Bird of Paradise bloom = 3-4 hrs
vs
Use Vector magic conversion of 72ppi image = 1/2hr including final touches in Illy.

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