There’s no ‘cartoon filter’ if that’s what you mean. You can use Posterize to reduce the number of colours which will give the flat-colour effect of a vector drawing with simple fills, but generally the effect is more like a graphic poster than a cartoon.
Sharon this is for your education. It will also help you communicate better in these forums.
do not refer to any Adobe software as Adobe. Adobe is a company that makes many types of software. CS2 is a version it stands for Creative Suite 2. There are many different applications within a Creative Suite. So if you are asking about Photoshop say photoshop not Adobe.
Ah! Buko
I’m sure if Sharon wants to call it Adobe then that is her right?
I for one fully understand what she means as will most others.
You seem to take delight in making comments that are arrogant and unhelpful and off topic (remember I tried in the past to ask if you were FairDinkum about copyright comments BUT I did do that off forum only to have you post my email)
I’ve said this before how does it help users (especially new users) to be flamed like this.
Mayhap you could have suggested in a nice way but to say ‘do not’ is presumptuous on your part.
Chill out and get rid of you inferiority complex…
I side with Buko on this one, John.
There’s no reason to let an inaccuracy slide and slide and slide. Better to clear it up straight away. I look at it as doing a person a favor. Better they learn the correct designation than to sound dim when they’d probably prefer not to.
When you’re at the show car concourse, do you call your pride and joy an old Ford, or do you call it a 1964½ Mustang? At the dog show, do you call your dog a mutt, or do you call it a pedigreed Shih Tzu? To the people you want to communicate with, the details are important.
Sounds to me like you have a problem with Buko’s delivery. That’s who he is, has been, and will continue to be. Me personally, I’d rather see gruff and accurate than sweet and ill-informed.
I think such errors as these can be pointed out without being arrogant or patronising.
Such attitudes make the corrector look sillier than the corrected one.
The only need to correct is either to add clarity or to remove ambiguity.
I think terminological elitism is worse than the efforts of any struggling beginner!
I for one fully understand what she means as will most others.
sure we understand but that doesn’t make it right. and i’m sure she doesn’t want us sniggering behind our hands at another "my adobe is broken"-user behind her back! 😉
how does it help users (especially new users) to be flamed like this.
I don’t think she was flamed. she was gently prodded. think about it this way, would it be better for her to go into her boss and say "I can do that in my Adobe." or "I can do that in Photoshop."? education, as buko pointed out, is not only for the classroom.
as for how she was helped by buko’s comment? she was gently corrected so that next time she asks a question about her program she won’t look foolish, especially if it were to be with someone in a position of authority over her as in my example above. how is that NOT helpful?
Mayhap you could have suggested in a nice way but to say ‘do not’ is presumptuous on your part.
granted.
what john and phos said.
"pay attention, you don’t know what disguise your next teacher is wearing."
Had I want to insult her I would have written something like this.
Don’t you know the name of the software you are using. From your use of the name Adobe I must assume you are Blonde and too stupid to understand any help that we could give you here.
So johntolliday I think you are the one who needs to chill. This is a professional forum and the people who come here should understand the professional terms needed to converse about their professional software. As others have pointed out I hope I have saved Sharon from looking foolish in front of her fellow employees or her employer or even a future employer. Personally I can’t think of anything more condescending that letting someone keep making a fool of themselves without correcting them for fear of offending them.
As far as posting an email of yours, this is a public forum if you have something to say to me say it here. Email me an insulting reply and I will post it to let the world see what an A$$hole you are.
Personally I can’t think of anything more condescending that letting someone keep making a fool of themselves without correcting them for fear of offending them.
truth.
Meanwhile, back on planet earth……
Sharon, generally Illustrator is better at making ‘cartoon style’ images so if you have the Creative Suite you might want to use Illustrator. If you’re making the cartoon image from a photo you can use live trace in Illustrator or trace by hand, depending on the effect you are looking to achieve.
If you only have Photoshop then see posts 1 and 3.
Who needs education by somebody like
"Buko" or "Phos" ?
Can’t we expect that honest posters
are posting by their real names ?
‘Sharon this is for your education.’
Translated into German literally, this
would be a harsh insult.
In English it’s probably a kind of
friendly information – isn’t it ?
Best regards –Gernot Hoffmann
In English it’s probably a kind of friendly information – isn’t it ?
kinda. i attributed the rough phrasing to posing too quickly. it could definately have been worded better, but knowing phos and buko i have no doubt that the sentiment behind it was genuine, which is why i spoke up in both cases.
Can’t we expect that honest posters
are posting by their real names ?
Buko is my real and legal name.
ya know, david, that reminded me… sharon, give this a try:
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details in this thread:
Phos…., "vectorize bitmaps!" #1, 24 Nov 2007 6:29 pm </webx?14/0>
Buko,
in Papua New Guinea ‘Buko’ is probably
a well accepted name, but in Europe and
in other western countries, we got used
to have at least two names: the first
name and the family name.
More drastic:
‘buko’ means in the Philippines a young
coconut.
Search Google ‘coconut, buko’.
Best regards –Gernot Hoffmann
a young coconut.
<snerk!> that probably describes buko as well as anything i’ve read!
" Who needs education by somebody like "Buko" or "Phos" ? Can’t we expect that honest posters
are posting by their real names ? "
I have never felt anything but respect toward you and the information you provide here, Gernot, but today, in response to this, I’ll tell you that you’re so full of beans that your pants are split at the seams.
Why? (Cripes, this is a tired argument, and I figured you’d be smart enough to understand it. But I’ll reiterate again, to remind you and for the benefit of everyone who never even considered it):1 Speaking for myself, I have had a variation of the nickname "Phos" for almost 35 of my 48 years. I answer to that as much as anything. It ISwho I am, to hundreds of people, both online and in meatspace.
2 What bearing does a User name have on the quality of knowledge offered? NONE. ZERO. Would you level a similar complaint against Bono (Paul Hewson)? or Sting (Gordon Sumner)? or Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold George Dorsey)? or John Wayne (Marion Morrison)? or any of a bazillion other folks who choose to use a nmae other than their given birth certificate name? It’s preposterous.
3 Again, speaking only for myself (though I’ll bet Buko, and many others will agree), I conduct myself EXACTLY the same way under the screen name I have been using for close to 10 years as I would if I were using my given birth certificate name. I don’t "hide" behind an alias–I proudly promote "Phos" or "Phosphor" as an aspect of my personal branding, and I stand by everything I write, say and do under that persona.
4 Would you be happier to see me posting as "Franz Kindler" (my barber’s name when I was a little kid) or "Paul Baum" (One of my favorite teachers ever, from 5th grade), or "Bob Collins" (My best friend since 1968)? Or any other name which sounds "normal?" What difference would it make? How would you know if I was actually named that, anyway? How do I know your name is really Gernot Hoffmann? Sure, I could do an extensive Google search, and connect all the dots, but why bother? I don’t give a crap. Good info is good info.
5 There are any number of good reasons why a person would choose not to use their real name. I’ll let you work them out for yourself. I know you have the facility to do so.Seriously, I am dumbfounded that you would even proffer such a straw complaint. It’s ridiculous to its core.
Maybe you don’t get around as much as some of us here. Maybe you’ve missed the many posts that Buko and I and many other "nom de netters" have written up as instruction for newcomers.
If you have a problem with the style of information delivery, then focus your commentary on that, and not the content.
in Europe and in other western countries, we got used
to have at least two names:
but I don’t believe there is a law about this though.
And yes I am well aware about young coconut. I made my first buko pie this summer its quite delicious. Buko is also a brand name on cream cheese my step mum just brought back several varieties from Germany about a month ago. There are also a few other companies who use the name Buko but there is only one me.
<snerk!> that probably describes buko as well as anything i’ve read!
B)
regarding post #17
I agree.
Adobe Exchange has a lot of free actions to do this.
great minds john… (but nobody reads post #3! <g> yours was a better link anyway)
dave milbut, "Can a cartoon image be made in Adobe CS2" #3, 19 Dec 2007 11:45 am </webx?14/2>
Hello Buko,
You thought you were smart trying to insult johntolliday, didn’t you? It’s a shame your inadequate grasp of the English language made you look like a fool.
sigh. can we get back on topic?
Dave,
please read again post #10 by David
Biddlecombe:
Live Trace in Adobe Illustrator (maybe
since CS2).
An automatism – not fully satisfying,
but probably a good starting point.
It’s not the same as posterization by
Photoshop.
Raster graphic is converted into vector
graphic, and as such, it is possible to
add black strokes, an essential feature
of ‘cartoon image’, as wanted by the OP,
in my humble opinion.
Best regards –Gernot Hoffmann
please read again post #10 by David Biddlecombe:
I did. that’s why i said his post reminded me of that other thread.
Live Trace in Adobe Illustrator (maybe since CS2).
true. but not everyone has illy! i was just providing another option. 🙂
(maybe since CS2).
ya know i forgot that. i recently upgraded my vers 10 illy to cs2 (qualifying for the free cs3 upgrade) due to the decision not to allow upgrades more than 3 vers. back. i’d meant to try out live trace but forgot about it. thanks for the reminder! (and have a very happy holiday gernot! thanks for all the instruction over the years!)
Dave,
thanks for the feedback. We are not in a war.
Occasionally, joking seems to be allowed.
Happy holidays !
Gernot Hoffmann
joking is probably the best way i can think of to AVOID war. who could fight with someone they just shared a laugh with? 🙂
Remember the Monty Python episode?
What’s all this got to do with dead parrots?
