How do you turn a scanned line drawing into a re-sizable vector image? I have Photoshop, Illustrator and?
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You have to create a vector base drawing out of your scan. You either actually have to redraw it in illustrator or use the livetrace feature or a progam like streamline, however for these to work the drawing has to have really clean lines otherwise the image will look rough when changed to vector.\n\nTo use LiveTrace you need Illustrator CS. Import or open the image in illustrator. Select it, then in the control palette (at the top of the screen) There should be a butten labelled LiveTrace, beside it there is an arrow with a drop down menu. You can vary how the image will be traced, when you're done click expand and it will turn it into vector. \n\nFor more info, look up Autotrace or Livetrace in Illustrators help menu.
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if its a bmp, then that's your problem. Go into paint and save it as a jpg or smoething.\nif not, right click it, go down to open with, and select Microsft phot editor. Click on image->resize, and resize and save.
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The probable reason is the resolution difference in the images.  The image you are copying from is a higher resolution than the image you are pasting into.\n\nTo resize, once you have pasted into the image (which is inherently on its own layer)... choose Image > free transform (you could also choose Image > Transform > Scale).  Then, choose a corner (a double ended arrow appears), hold down the shift key (to keep the correct perspective and not skewing image) and resize by dragging while you are holding shift and the left click mouse.  Voila!\n\nHint:  to see the difference in image resolution - for any image, choose image > image size.  The popup will show you the dimensions of your image and the resolution.\n\nHave fun!
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Try http://www.illustratortips.com or http://www.heathrowecs.com for some advice. I might also suggest checking out the user forums on adobe.com for additional help.
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The "loses focus" comment is not quite right.  What is meant is that the image you pull of the net is probably a very low resolution.  Only a relatively few pixels make up the image.  If you enlarge the image you download, you can't create  more pixels.  Enlarging only makes the pixels bigger, meaning curves and angles will get jagged edges.  The bigger the enlargement, the bigger the jaggies.\n\nStill, if you want to try, and don't care about the image quality, once you paste the image in Publisher, select it and grab the corner. (click and hold)  While you still have the mouse clicked, drag the corner diagonally to enlarge the image.  In publisher, you may have to hold down the control (ctrl) key so the image doesn't get distorted.  When you are done, save your work.
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You can get jpeg optimizer and image optimizer for free, just do a google search for them.  They reduce the amount of space the images take up.\nTo actually resize the oicture, use a tool like Infranview, Paint Shop pro, or something like that.
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This will depend somewhat on the version of Photoshop. Assuming it's 7.0 or later, there are three main methods. If the subject is on a fairly flat background, you can use the magic wand tool. If it's on a more detailed or tonally variant background, you're likely best to use the lasso tool and manually trace around it's edges.\n\nIf it's somewhere in between you may be able to get away with the Filter > Extract feature, which let's you highlight the edges (roughly) and then fill the area you want to keep. You can then extract it and PS will try to keep the edges intact for you.
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use some softs\n\ni think 'photoshop' will help u\n\nhttp://www.adobe.com
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There are two sorts of drawing programs out there: Vector based and rastor based.\n\nVector based sets up fields that are defined by lines and curves, then filled in programatically.  The imoticons are vector-based graphics.  These tend to be sharper and easier to scale.  I haven't found any good open-sourced vector programs out there (there are several projects, none seem to be stable or robust enough).  You MAY be able to use Google Draw for what you're after, check it out and see.  If not, you're stuck wiht some commercial programs: Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw.  \n\nThe other type is rastor-based.  These programs map out the graphic in a grid and let you layer it, like you would if you were paining.  There are some really good programs out there that are free: The Gimp is incredible (better than Photoshop) and free.  Adobe Photoshop is a commercial program as well.  \n\nI'll let you use Google to find all these programs (that's what I'd have to do to get you the URLs, and I don't know which, if any, you'd most be interested in).\n\nGood luck, feel free to contact me in Yahoo! Answers' email.
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Try\n\nphotoshop\nIllustartor\nQuarkXpress\nIndesign
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Vector graphics can be resized to anysize without loosing thier integrity becuase it is based on a series or dots or vector points that are defined in size and distance from one and other. jpegs and gifs will dither when resized from the original size image - often not noticeable. A vector image that is 3 inches whide can easily be resized to be 30 feet wide without losing any integrity.
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Enhanced Windows Metafile Format\n\nOpens with: Mac: Adobe Illustrator Windows: Adobe Illustrator; GraphicsConverterPro; Corel Paint Shop Pro
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If you select FILTER from the top menu, there should be a listing for SKETCH - Select Graphic Pen.  If it makes the picture look more like a negative (all the white spaces black) then go to IMAGE from the top menu, select Adjustment, the INVERT the image.\n\nThere are also many websites that offer photoshop tutorials for free.  here's one for creating pencil sketches:\n\nhttp:// www.graphic-design.com/ Photoshop/pencil_sketch/index.html
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You need to change the size of the scanned copy in the software\nIt is not possible to change the size of font of the scanned document
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You could go to a Kinko's and rent a Mac workstation. They have Illustrator installed.\n\nUsing a vector-based program like Illustrator will give you much better results than a raster-based program like Photoshop. Vector-based programs produce files that are constructed with vector points - they're mathematical formulas that allow your image (bumper sticker, in this instance) to scale infinitely. If you wanted to make a banner out of the same file, it would produce lines/edges that are just as crisp as those on the bumper sticker.\n\nIn a raster-based file, the image is made up of non-scalable pixels. If you scale an image, you'll just get bigger squares and jagged, fuzzy edges.
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Reduce the image to either 300 or 240.... then use the Canvas tool to reduce the image to your specification.... you need a good graphics application to do this.... such as Photoshop or The Gimp.
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use photoshop\nsave as > png,jpg,gif,and other formats\n\nor Irfanview