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Making a “pixel-y” line drawing appear sharper using Illustrator or Photoshop
We have a simple line drawing of an alternator for a car that we’d like to improve the quality of. We have it as a PNG file, but it is “pixel-y” and doesn’t look great. Without having to literally connect the dots myself, I’m wondering if there is an Illustator or Photoshop tool that might work. Thanks!
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You could try using LiveTrace in Illustrator CS2. Although, LiveTrace is no replacement for a skilled technical illustrator, it might work for you.
-Open the image in Illustrator
-Select the image, and the Live Trace option will appear on the Illustrator menu.
-Click the triangle drop-down button to access >Tracing Options…< I'd recommend setting LiveTrace to Black & White, and enable Strokes. There are numerous settings to tune the tracing.
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