Graphic Designers

[tfinch2]

I have a scanned letter head that is pretty grainy. I need to cut the logo off of it and digitize it for another image. Is there any type of freeware that can do this, or is Illustrator my best bet? Any tutorials so I can do it myself? What is the correct terminology for this process? I have been searching Google for a few minutes with no luck.

 

[Anubis]

infranview or gimp

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: Anubis
infranview or gimp

Infranview FTW!!!

 

[tfinch2]

Irfanview can do it? How?

 

[ppdes]

Inkscape is a free vector art program I've used several times. I don't know if it would have a trace tool like Illustrator, though. I've heard Adobe has a separate program for vectorizing stuff called Streamline. That might be worth looking into as well. I generally just hear people call it vector tracing, vectorize, or just vector used as a verb.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: ppdes
Inkscape is a free vector art program I've used several times. I don't know if it would have a trace tool like Illustrator, though. I've heard Adobe has a separate program for vectorizing stuff called Streamline. That might be worth looking into as well. I generally just hear people call it vector tracing, vectorize, or just vector used as a verb.

w3rd. and streamline is pretty nice. ive never used the free tools tho, sorry. but you can crop the pic down to the logo in mspaint if you really wanted to. i hear from friends that gimp is nice too.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=raster+to+vector&btnG=Google+Search

a search for "raster to vector" gives you all kinds of hits.

 

[hanoverphist]

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Mult...g_Tools/Raster_To_Vector_Download.html

heh a free one that says it works well.

 

[Dubb]

fwiw streamline has been integrated into illustrator...the last version of streamline that was a separeat program was some time ago....it's now called autotrace or livetrace, depending on your version.