Photoshop newbie, how do I make an outline?

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:22:24 -0000, "\(not quite so\) Fat Sam"
<samandjanet RemoveThis @knox.orangehome.co.uk> wrote:

>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.
>

Normally, when I see "I've just discovered..." my first thought is
"Spam from the developer!". The source (slightly rotund Sam), though,
indicates that something of use *was* actually discovered.
--


Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

tony cooper wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:22:24 -0000, "\(not quite so\) Fat Sam"
> <samandjanet.DeleteThis@knox.orangehome.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Normally, when I see "I've just discovered..." my first thought is
> "Spam from the developer!". The source (slightly rotund Sam), though,
> indicates that something of use *was* actually discovered.

LOL. Still a little bit more than slightly rotund. In fact, still rather too
much on the round side for my liking, but I'm getting there.

Further evidence that I'm not the developer can be found in the fact that I
didn't post a link to the software.
I just happened to find it when I was digging through my old backup CD's,
and I have absolutely no memory of where I might have downloaded it from.

That and the fact that I wouldn't have the first idea of how to write an
application like that. I'd get as far as making a pot of coffee, and writing
down a list of *things to do*, then I'd go off to play Yahoo Pool instead.