Vectorising a logo- any logo where to start!

[jaceys]

Hi

 I Am new to vectorising logos and would like any help on where to start!

I have photoshop elements 13 and a Gem CX5 engraver Vistool 8.

Is there any simple tutorials to look at as online when I get to layers and things I get a bit confused.

I have a couple of days off due to minor op so would like to use the spare time to hopefully? get

the just of this.

Any tips help or advice would be gratefully received, just to start on basic things like what format they've got to be in etc.

I know this is a big topic but just to get started would be great and then I could ask advice if

stuck at a later stage

Many Thanks

Jacey

 

[shadowster]

no doubt somebody will pop up and say gravo the way to go, dont know if anyone on here uses vistool

[hibsjo(SCO)]

http://www.u-marq.com/forum/topic/42-importing-aieps-vector-files/

carry on!

[jaceys]

Hi

Thank you, have tried tutorials its the vectorising bit that's getting to me.

Should I get corel draw or adobe illustrator instead of photoshop to vectorise the images.

What does everyone else use? one step at a time i am going to get there lol

jacey

[StevenB]

I wouldn't get too hung up on the intricacies of vectorising. Vistool is a powerful software package & contains all the tools you need to sort your images.

I use photoshop elements, and as long as the original image from my customer is a reasonable size, I simply save as a jpeg or tiff, then open this directly in vistool.

 

There are all the node editing tools if required to tweak the image, but I find that more often than not it imports perfectly.

 

When I'm back in the shop with the software in front of me I can answer any further questions in more detail, or even do you a step by step run through of an image import if you need it.

[StevenB]

Oh look, I did a brief tutorial before, it's on this page: http://shoerepairer.info/topic/15837-the-vistool-owners-club/page-18

[Peter@CopyCut]

You will need a Corel Draw really or at least piece of software which comes with the cutter. Even Silhouette Cameo (Graphtec) has good software to do it.

But you need to remember that in most cases you will need to edit nodes anyway.

You need to charge the customer for it and sometimes it's not worth the hassle.

 

Never heard of Vistool, so will not comment on this.

 

Here are some tutorials for Corel Draw

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq8S6a4GuLU

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxJIuEw9R1Y

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR3IQXaDuYc

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-C6mlyXDVM

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJMxkQjCFbo

[StevenB]

But you need to remember that in most cases you will need to edit nodes anyway.

You need to charge the customer for it and sometimes it's not worth the hassle.

 

Indeed, charge the customer as appropriate, the beauty of Vistool is that with a half decent original image, you won't need to spend too much time doing so, if you see what I'm saying

 

 

Never heard of Vistool, so will not comment on this.

Isn't commenting on Vistool the whole point of this thread?

[Lee]

Because its a vistool software is the reason I didn't comment. Gravographer see.

[shadowster]

Because its a vistool software is the reason I didn't comment. Gravographer see.

 

its the way to go

[StevenB]

By chance, I've had a job this morning requiring a company logo, so here's a step by step run down of how I did it.

 

The original jpeg image from my customer was only 186kb file size, so not massive, though it is only a relatively simple logo.

For this one I did nothing in any image editing software, I just imported the jpeg file straight into vistool as sent to me by my customer.

Here's what I did.

1. Customer logo.

 

2. The rest of the job is ready for the logo to be added, so I click on 'Pictures' at the top & then 'Insert Picture'

 

3. In the dialogue box that pops up, select 'Trace Picture'. The default image height is 20mm, I normally increase this a bit, ideally to at least the size that the finished logo will be engraved, in this case, 30mm.

 

4. Select 'Fine' on the next pop up box & click OK.

 

5. Here is the logo as imported, all the edges look nice & clear - no need for any messing around with further editing!

 

6. For this job, in order to create the same effect as the 2 colours in the logo I need to tweak the logo slightly - firstly explode the group with the click box at  the top.

 

7. With the 'Ignore groups' button pressed (next to the explode groups button) I then selected the bits of the group as shown.

 

8. 'Shift + Q' on the keyboard brings up the hatch dialogue box, I went for 0.3mm here to give the appearance I was after.

 

9. Repeat the hatching process on the remaining part, but this time at 0.6mm.

 

10. Shrink the logo slightly & hey presto, job done.

 

 

[jaceys]

Only now getting back on here ...Thank you all for your help.

StevenB will have a look and follow the instructions you have put here tomorrow ( day off ) and have

a look through the tutorial you have done.Thanks again.

I know some logos arnt worth the time and effort but that's where the customer have got to pay for the service.

The choice is theirs, But I would like to be able to give them the choice lol.

I will take all advice given and more its a new learning curve for us. 

Cheers Jacey