[Troy E. parker]

Hi Titus,

Yes you can do this in photoshop with variable results. If you have am image that you are pretty happy with the content then it is possible that you can get acceptable results, though it is not a straight forward push a button and instant high quality line art.

While it is true that an illustrator / artist would be the best option, I am assuming that given your request for information that one is not available or beyond the project budget.

A Google search of ‘photoshop line art tutorials’ will give you many places to start (ex: https://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-comicbook.html), and with any conversion of this type the quality of the final result will be dependant on both the original and the effort put forth to clean-up and improve the final work with the variuos photoshop paint tools available.

Have fun with this much can be learned from these types of projects.

Regards,
Troy

troy@crossmediacorp.com
http://www.crossmediacorp.com

[Troy E. parker]

yeah, I was wondering was compelling you to take a look over at the darkside of the post world 🙂 , though rumor has it that since NAB your Edit Staff has been observed aimlessly wandering the halls…

T

[Troy E. parker]

Finally!…it’s is good to see that my brillance and wealth of knowledge is not lost on the masses….. But hey, when you have all day to sit around and think about that next great project you might do this year, ok…maybe next year, one has ample time to absorb such knowledge!

and with such compliments, of course lunch is on me!

T

[Troy E. parker]

Hey Adam,

Thanks for the performance report…looks like the old G4 will not be missed too much. I am looking to upgrade the G4 / Cinewave to a G5/ BMD – AJA solution, and if we don’t see the 3m Dual-Core, Dual CPU, PCIexpress etc etc etc by June (chances getting slimmer every day)the extra speed-bump will be most welcome as every little bit counts these days, and when you need it is the best time to buy…

Have fun!
Troy

[Troy E. parker]

ah…I missed that part of the equation. Ther are couple of different ways to handle this, as yes, under most circumstances the PC will not read the MAC formatted CD’s , and I am not up to date on what software to use to do a direct read.

1. Copy CD’s on your Mac using Toast to a Mac/PC compatible file and then it should read fine. This will work, but lots of time to make it happen.

2. Network the two machines together via a CAT5 and transfer to PC. This can be done in OS9, I just cannot remember how, but in OSX is is very easy. THis compter I am using is one of Four on my network (two macs / two PC’s) that all share a PC based server for media files.

It might be worth the upgrade……A few other options, but this should get you started.

Hope this helps,
Troy

[Troy E. parker]

Hey…see the reply below to your thread for more info. In the long run I believe the Firewire the best bet, and is the standard for DV. Capture / Transfer ok, may create issues in playback / realtime effects etc….

T

[Troy E. parker]

HiMellisa,

I think Shane was referring to the actual capture of the video source to the MAC. I have never attempted to transfer to a drive USB as I have always used Firewire since avaiable. Back then USB could not support the data and it is my understanding that though USB 2.0 can transfer at the required rate, it has difficulties sustaining the same. Quality of the files will not change as it a digital transfer.

Though it may transfer ok, I would suspect that playback might prove tempermental, with limited realtime / dropped frames etc. Again, this is just conjecture as I have not done this, so lets see if any others have comments. In the long run the Firewire is very stable and well-documented for video use.

Regards,
Troy

[Troy E. parker]

Illustrator would be a good bet here.

It appears that the ribbon could be done with a brush that is one of the light/dark shapes, and just repeat. Pattern applied to a path might work also and allow you reshape path…lay the other graphics above on another layer.

T

[Troy E. parker]

hey Content Lab….

Not to fear….. this is a everyday run of the mill operation for psd files. Photoshop files like many graphics programs is platform independant, with just few interface/keystroke/short cut differences. We routinely creat on the MAC and make changes on our PC’s for web output etc.

The only issue I can see would be the MAC CD’s most liely don not have file extensions on the PSD files (MAc reads them just fine this way), and upon import the PC may not know what kind of file it is.

To Fix:
>right-click on go to ‘rename’
> add .psd to file and it will now be assigned to Photoshop

You could right click and perform an ‘Open with’ but this takes longer wiht searching for Application etc.

Regards,
Troy

[Troy E. parker]

In the Studio….

Tannoy Active’s fed through a Mackie 1402 VLZpro mixer, coming from the Cinewave SD BOB.

Pretty solid overall, and really helps hear things not heard on ‘consumer’ speakers.

T