Tutorial: How to make a fake vector [56k BEWARE]

The best way to make a vector is through Adobe Illustrator and it takes a load of time and a huge amount of paitience. If you have dont have the time nor the paitience then heres how you fake a vector to get a simliar result.

FIRST STEP

Open up the picture you want to apply the vector on.

I chose Kevin Garnett pointing.



SECOND STEP

Check Filter > Artistic > Poster Edges

Leave the settings as they are.



THIRD STEP

Click Filter > Artistic > Cutout and add the following settings: (Levels 8, Edge Simplicity 1, Edge Fidelity 3) or adjust the levels to suit you.



The result should be a cool and simple looking effect.
Results will vary as it applies on the pic.

Yeah i know. What a sucky tutorial but i had to contribute somehow, ill write a full sig [Peachy Style] tutorial soon.

Would you get a better result if you cut him out first or won't it matter, because his neck blends into the background! Oh noes!

i dunno man.. that aint a very good vector lol

The only way to get the results you want is to actually use original method of creating vector art. I've tried and tried many other methods and they just don't get the job done.

Nice try anyhow.

Ai ya... This is just like cut out peachy!!

Cute

cool, here is what i did with ur tutorial

Looks pretty cool, but not a real vector obviously.

Yea, this isn't a vector. Use CorelDraw if want to make one.

Kinda tough to follow your tutorial there with all those red X's.

What exactly is a vector?

http://www.nbaliveforums.com/ftopic36754.php

I think a vector and a render are the same thing, kind of.

You could of posted the link where you got the image from...

http://www.heathrowe.com/tuts/vector.asp

Now I know.

http://www.nbaliveforums.com/ftopic36754.php

I think a vector and a render are the same thing, kind of.

Nope, not really.

A Vector is an image that doesn't use pixels to map out it out. It uses formulas to detirmine where boundaries between colours and gradients belong. Because of this it can be re-sized to any size retaining it's quality. Therefore it's the desired format for any basic print advertising or making banners. On the downside it can't have as much depth as a a typical 'raster' (that's the pixel mapping) image.

I think it looks better as a fake vector when you apply the cutout filter to a effect layer on top of the pic.

Eg. when I duplicated a pic layer and put it to 'Hard Light' and desaturate, then apply the cutout to that layer. Looks better IMO.

I've overdone it here since I put another Cutout'd layer at 60% opacity in between the pic layer and the first Cutout layer:


ps. you might've seen this. The head is messed, but I'm pretty proud about the rest

well, I like the tutorial. it's like the wallpapers Mikki did at 4th quarter .

Yeah it works best when you do cutout to an image, then duplicate the cutout'ed layer and apply some blending option effects and lower opacity until it looks good.

That's how I usually do it, use multiple layers with cutout and different blending modes.