contour drawing in photoshop

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npq
Feb 12, 2009
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I created this too fast in Photoshop with the pencil and now need to smooth out and even out this contour…which tool should I use?

<http://www.ltcproduction.com/outline_big200.jpg>

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Wolf_Eilers
Feb 12, 2009

1. Select the pencil outline with the Magic Wand tool.
2. Then use Refine Edge to contract and smooth the selection. (Play around until desired outline is achieved.)
3. Save selection.
4. Duplicate image on new layer, removing the pencil outline (rectangular marque select, then fill with black.)
5. Load selection, then fill with white.

Example image, with original on bottom.

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1bkB8InJ3HxIECa1oZ Su88Tk1ha0>
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Freeagent
Feb 12, 2009
Pen tool! Illustrator! (I’d use caps, but I don’t like shouting…) 🙂
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Freeagent
Feb 16, 2009
Fair enough, but this particular piece cried "vector" so loud I could hear it all the way up to Norway… 🙂
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Curvemeister
Feb 17, 2009
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:54:01 -0800, wrote:

The pen tool will get a perfect job, albeit with a significant time requirement. If it’s the jaggies you wanmt to get rid of, try this:

1) gaussian blur at about 10 pixel radius.
2) use levels to get back to a fine line, minus the jaggies.
3) manual touch up of any areas that lose significant detail, such as the
tophat’s vertical support.

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