Vector File Size Comparison

Introduction 

On this three part project we used Adobe Illustrator (AI) to change our Raster Selfies to Vector Selfies we took and compared each of the file sizes. We were also told to draw a two point like and compare that file size to our other images. Can you guess which file size will be largest?

SIMPLE

        -First image to the left
        -US Letter (8.5in x 11in page)
        -Using LIVE TRACE
        -Three Colors
        -Little color (obviously)
        -Few points
        -1.7 MB (File size)

COMPLEX

        -Second image to the left

        -US Letter (8.5in x 11in page)

        -Using LIVE TRACE

        -High Fidelity 

        -More visual colors

        -Many points

        -1.6 MB (File size)

CURVED LINE

        -Third image to the left

        -US Letter (8.5in x 11in page)

        -Using Pen Tool

        -10 point stroke (thickness of the line)

        -Only TWO anchor points

        -2.9 MB (File size)

*Yes to my surprise this was the largest file size. When begining this project I thought the curved line would be the smallest file size, but after finding out that it was actually the largest I was shocked. I am not actually sure why its the largest, but it is. 

Raster RGB and INDEX increased resolution quality comparrison

INTRODUCTION

In this project we changed the resolution in both images of the Sony logo to 1000px; however, one image is in RGB color mode and the other is in INDEX color mode. 

RGB

In the RGB image (top image to the left) you notice the edges and flow of the colors is smoother and the logo looks more similar to the original Sony logo. Although it could use some enhancements this looks a lot better than what we were given to start with.

INDEX

Index color mode; yes the image is not able to be expanded a bit more without looking entirely horrible, but look at it. So many rough and rugged edges and the image looks almost fuzzy in a way. The logo in RGB color mode also looks more professional than the the logo being produced in INDEX color mode.

High quality RGB converyted to vector

INTRODUCTION

        Before changing the image to and RGB and increasing the resolution of the Sony logo to 1000px resolution the Logo looked a lot like a painted version of itself instead of a more smoothed out created logo.

ORIGINAL FIX

       Top image to the left you see the first fixed image attempt.
       -Paint-like
       -High Fidelity
       -Not the kind of wanted smooth
       -Almost cartoon-ish

STEPS TO A BETTER LOGO

   -STEP 1: Open your image in Photoshop and change the color mode to RGB

-STEP 2: Change the resolution of your image to 1000px (or preferred size)

-STEP3: Save your image as a PSD file

-STEP 4: Open your image in Adobe Illustrator (AI)

-STEP5: Change the image to a Vector image and LIVE TRACE it using High Fidelity

SECOND FIX

       Bottom image to the left you now see the second fixed image attempt. Its not 100 percent like the correct Sony logo, but it looks much better than the first fixed attempt.
                                                                                          -Smoother edges
                                                                                          -High Fidelity
                                                                                          -Not paint-like

Clone Tool

INTRODUCTION

In this class session we learned how to use the clone tool. If you are not sure what that does, well it clones the area you select and when you click on another part of your image it will begin placing the area you cloned to the newly selected area. Hence why I have a third eye placed on the center of my forehead. (first image)

PRACTICAL USE

A practical use for the clone tool could be to make the creation of having a third eye on your forehead to let people know you are watching ☻. Another could be to have some fun redoing an image just to be silly. Although each of those reasons are fun the most practical use for the clone tool would probably have to be_ fixing blemishes.

STEPS TO GET HERE

Step 1 : Open Photoshop
Step 2 : Select the clone tool (second image)
Step 3 : Hold down the option key to select a wanted area to clone
Step 4 : Drag around your mouse and you will start to see what you cloned appear in the newly wanted area.

*keep in mind the clone tool does clone from the center of the circle
*You have complete control about the size of the circle; you can enlarge the circle in order to select a larger area or minimize the area to clone less so you do not clone any unwanted parts.

GIF Colors and Quality

INTRODUCTION

       In this project we were told to experiment with a variety of colors to be viewed in a photo. When saving an image in Photoshop as a GIF file the size of the file is not as big as a JPG because the colors are controllable while JPG it automatically sets the amount of colors it thinks your image has.


        The number of colors we were told to experiment with were six colors to make the image and then two-hundred colors.

EXPERIMENTING 

        The GIF with six colors came out to the file size of 9,170 and the quality observation I had on the image was that it had little to no color and seemed "boxy". (first image)

       When changing the amount of viewed colors from six to two-hundred the file size increased due to more information on the file.

       The file size came out to 30,328 and when doing an observation on the quality I noticed the image seemed more paint like however, it still looked "boxy", but did have more color.  (second image)

Vector/Raster Logos

 Introduction

       In this project we were given copies of the following image logos that were in the worst quality and we were told to fix the quality of the image and try out best to get it back to look like the original logo. We also had to change the image from a raster image to a vector image. In other words get rid of the pixels.

Steps to get Vector image

Step 1:    Open the image in Adobe Illustrator

Step 2:    Resize the image to fit the page by holding down the shift key and dragging the corner of the image to make it larger. Be careful not to let go of the shift key before letting go of the mouse because that will cause your rounded images to look more like an egg.

Step 3:    Select a type of tracing by clicking image trace. If you are unsure on which type of tracing to use just test one to see what happens.

Step 4:    Once you have found the best tracing, SAVE you image.

What was done

       In the each of the logos the tracing used was High Fidelity Photo; fixing the image to look as close to the original as possible.

Difficulties 

       Given little information on our handout, we had to figure out how and learn on our own showing us that when we get to a job we will not be told what to do or how to do it if we do not understand a hand out given to us by a client.

Rasterize

To change the image back to a pixel image in Adobe Illustrator select Object on the menu bar and about half way down the list it will say rasterize. Clicking that will change your image back to a pixel image.

Delivery

The best delivery for each image is GIF because within GIF you can select the amount of colors being viewed in the logo. For example the Batman logo seems as if it only has 3 colors, the white background, the black lining and the yellow backdrop. Actually it contains 16 colors to smooth out the edges of the image so it does not look pixelated.

Shapes in Adobe Illustrator