Preperation
to prepare for this assignment we where handed a handout with the instructions to write our name in the bottom right hand corner of the image, then scan the image. We scanned using the greyscale color mode at 600 pixels per inch. We scanned at these parameters because it would yield the 'Best' scan for this image. You can always remove pixels but adding pixels doesn't help.
Clean Up in Photoshop
In photo shop I used the Levels option to adjust the light and dark levels to remove most of the static in the image due to the original image being very poor quality.
Live trace in Illustrator
Live trace can be a very useful tool but when your image is bad you get a bad live traced image. I could have spent a few hours fixing this image with the remove anchor tool and direct select tool, which means the live trace tool was not the tool for this instance.
Logo Reconstruction Using the PEN Tool in Illustrator
So for speed and efficiency I used the Pen tool to redraw the Logo. I used the skills learned in a previous assignment about the Pen tool, which I have made a full tutorial for here {Link} with a new trick I learned today.
In the end I came out with this image as my final product in a fraction of the time it would have take to get the same result with he Live Trace tool.
File Formats
Both images use very small color pallets so I went with the Gif format to make as small a file as possible for delivery. During working on the images I used the working file formats as normal (PSD, AI, Tiff) so that I didn't cause more damage to my images then what was already there.
Advice on Vector Creation
If the image is very complex good quality images use Live trace for poor quality images it might just be easier to recreate it all together. Use your best judgement.
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