Vectorizing an image in Photoshop is attractive to digital artists and graphic design professionals because it doesn’t lose image quality; to watch
Photoshop lets you vectorize an image, a process that’s very popular with digital and graphic artists. THE canaltech explains what this technique is all about and how to apply it to your images.
Instead of using pixels to generate an image, this style uses color and geometric polygons that automatically adjust and prevent distortion of the graphics, regardless of the zoom applied. For this reason, it especially benefits those who create logosdigital arts and graphics.
How to vectorize an image in Photoshop
- Open an image in Photoshop;
- In the “Levels” panel, located on the right side of the screen, click the lock to unlock the level;
- Choose the “Object Selection” tool from the side menu. If you are familiar with the software, you can use the “Polygonal Lasso” tool to do the process manually and get better results;
- Right-click the selection and choose “Create Work Path…”;
- Choose “Tolerance” with values from one to ten and click “Ok”;
- Go to “File”, open the “Export” option and choose “Paths for Illustrator…”;
- Click “Ok” and choose the folder in which to save the file.
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