Photoshop newbie, how do I make an outline?

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kc0kbh wrote:
> Ok,
> I've never mess with photoshop too much, just used it to add text to
> 'fail' and 'owned' pictures and such. Is there an way to be able to
> get an outline of all of the major lines, such as on a car? I'd like
> to come up with something that looks likes this (is it at all
> possible, or is this not from a pic?)
> http://store.outlinesport.com/images/uploads/SCIROCCO_DETAIL_04.jpg
> (hope it isn't a huge no-no to post up pics of someone else's stuff, I
> did buy a shirt from that company and liked it)
>
> Or something like this?- (was this even from a pic, or is it someone's
> drawing?)
> http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb280/kc0kbh/a2.jpg
>
> My plan would be to come up with a design with one of my own vehicles,
> and screenprint my design onto a shirt (just for myself and a friend).
>
>
> Thanks.
>

There's a program called something like "Photo to Sketch Pro 3.2".
Unfortunately I don't have the URL. I have the program, p2spro.exe but
there is no "help - about" so I don't know where I got it. Anyway, if
you find it, that will get you darn close.

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kc0kbh wrote:
> Ok,
> I've never mess with photoshop too much, just used it to add text to
> 'fail' and 'owned' pictures and such. Is there an way to be able to
> get an outline of all of the major lines, such as on a car? I'd like
> to come up with something that looks likes this (is it at all
> possible, or is this not from a pic?)
> http://store.outlinesport.com/images/uploads/SCIROCCO_DETAIL_04.jpg
> (hope it isn't a huge no-no to post up pics of someone else's stuff, I
> did buy a shirt from that company and liked it)
>
> Or something like this?- (was this even from a pic, or is it someone's
> drawing?)
> http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb280/kc0kbh/a2.jpg
>
> My plan would be to come up with a design with one of my own vehicles,
> and screenprint my design onto a shirt (just for myself and a friend).
>
>
> Thanks.

You can use Photoshop to find the outlines of an object, but it's not a
precise science.
You certainly won't get anything as clean and accurate looking as the
examples you've shown. It will be very messy and untidy.
What you need is a vector art package like Illustrator, or Corel Draw. Then
you can import the image in as a background, and trace over it to get the
image you require, then finally delete the background image so you're just
left with the line drawing.
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On 15 Nov, 00:02, kc0kbh <20met... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok,
> I've never mess with photoshop too much, just used it to add text to
> 'fail' and 'owned' pictures and such. Is there an way to be able to
> get an outline of all of the major lines, such as on a car? I'd like
> to come up with something that looks likes this (is it at all
> possible, or is this not from a pic?)http://store.outlinesport.com/images/uploads/SCIROCCO_DETAIL_04.jpg
> (hope it isn't a huge no-no to post up pics of someone else's stuff, I
> did buy a shirt from that company and liked it)
>
> Or something like this?- (was this even from a pic, or is it someone's
> drawing?)http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb280/kc0kbh/a2.jpg
>
> My plan would be to come up with a design with one of my own vehicles,
> and screenprint my design onto a shirt (just for myself and a friend).
>
> Thanks.

Here are a couple of things you could try. I'm using 7.0, Swedish
version, so I'm not 100% sure the names of tools an filters are
correct:

Menu "Filter -> Stylize -> Find outlines..." (or "Find outlines in
level...")

"Filter -> Stylize -> Relief"

"Filter -> Sketch -> Photo copy..."

These might help you outline for example a car, but you'll probably
want to use the wand afterwards to delete everything but the outlines.
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:30:24 -0500, anon.RemoveThis@anon.com wrote:

>On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:02:19 -0000, kc0kbh <20meters.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've never mess with photoshop too much, just used it to add text to
>> 'fail' and 'owned' pictures and such.
>
>And you paid over $600 to do this???
>
>Anon:)


Why, if you have no answer to his question
did you even bother to reply? Since when is
his finances any of your concern?

Dave
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On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:57:13 -0500, anon RemoveThis @anon.com wrote:

>On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:59:59 +0200, Dave <d RemoveThis @d.durbs> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:30:24 -0500, anon RemoveThis @anon.com wrote:
>>
>> >On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:02:19 -0000, kc0kbh <20meters RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I've never mess with photoshop too much, just used it to add text to
>> >> 'fail' and 'owned' pictures and such.
>> >
>> >And you paid over $600 to do this???
>> >
>> >Anon:)
>>
>>
>> Why, if you have no answer to his question
>> did you even bother to reply? Since when is
>> his finances any of your concern?
>>
>> Dave
>
>OK wise guy -- since you believe answering someone's question is the
>only permissible criteria for responding to a post -- what is the
>answer to *my* question? Why would someone pay over $600 to
>"just...add text to 'fail' and 'owned' pictures and such"?
>
>I personally don't believe they would.
>
>anon:)

Thanx for the recognition in your opening remarks.
He did not pay $600 therefore but
his employer 'Owner of the 600$ program & Co' did
and that was of course for other purposes than making outlines.

Anyway, I did answer your question. You should not forget so easy.
I said "'it is none of your concern." You didn't supply the money.
Why don't you ask him what model car does he drive?
Ask if he can afford the fuel?
Maybe you can suggest something smaller:-(

Dave (still minding my own business)
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On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:39:08 -0500, anon DeleteThis @anon.com wrote:

>
>You're right, of course, that his company may have bought it. And I
>apologize to him for being unfair.
>
>However, your quote above is not true. Your *original* remark ended
>with a question mark, not a period. I'm sure you noticed that as you
>were changing it...
>
>anon:)

We can just as well forget about it. He is member of those
who simply ask a question and disappear without trace.
Whether somebody is defending him or supply advice
to him, he simply disappears between nose and ears.
It is twelve's - goodnight...

Dave
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In article <1195081339.598025.202160.RemoveThis@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
kc0kbh <20meters.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:

> Or something like this?- (was this even from a pic, or is it someone's
> drawing?)
> http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb280/kc0kbh/a2.jpg

Yes, you can do this in Photoshop.

You can not, however, do it automatically. There is no button you can
push and no filter you can run that will magically make this happen.
Doing something like this in Photoshop requires skill and knowledge of
the program.

If I had a client who wanted something like this done, I would probably
use the Pen tool to trace the contours of the object to be outlined.
Once I had a good path--which would take a nontrivial amount of
work--the rest is simply a matter of stroking the path from the Paths
palette flyout menu.

However, like I said, you can not click a button or choose a filter and
just have it happen. You will have to trace the outline yourself.

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kc0kbh wrote:
> Ok,
> I've never mess with photoshop too much, just used it to add text to
> 'fail' and 'owned' pictures and such. Is there an way to be able to
> get an outline of all of the major lines, such as on a car? I'd like
> to come up with something that looks likes this (is it at all
> possible, or is this not from a pic?)
> http://store.outlinesport.com/images/uploads/SCIROCCO_DETAIL_04.jpg
> (hope it isn't a huge no-no to post up pics of someone else's stuff, I
> did buy a shirt from that company and liked it)
>
> Or something like this?- (was this even from a pic, or is it someone's
> drawing?)
> http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb280/kc0kbh/a2.jpg
>
> My plan would be to come up with a design with one of my own vehicles,
> and screenprint my design onto a shirt (just for myself and a friend).
>
>
> Thanks.

I've just discovered a programme called Able Vector, and it will convert a
rasterised image into a vector image. Once it becomes a vector image, it
becomes a lot easier to work with and reduce down to the sort of design
you're trying to create.
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