Vector in/vector out?

Martin Chiselwitt wrote:

HI all,
I am trying to do the following…

Copy a shape from Flash, paste into Photoshop.. Fill with black… So far so goode

But what i need to do then is trace this shape with a path so that I can export, or copy + paste this shape back into Flash as a vector shape..
Can anyone advise best way to do this?

many thanks

m c

Can’t you do all this in Flash itself? Why paste in Photoshop?

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On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:06:18 GMT, edjh wrote:

Martin Chiselwitt wrote:

HI all,
I am trying to do the following…

Copy a shape from Flash, paste into Photoshop.. Fill with black… So far so goode

But what i need to do then is trace this shape with a path so that I can export, or copy + paste this shape back into Flash as a vector shape..
Can anyone advise best way to do this?

many thanks

m c

Can’t you do all this in Flash itself? Why paste in Photoshop?

And if they’re doing vectors, why are they using Photoshop in the first place?

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Hecate

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OK, fair point.

What I am trying to do is make realistic shadows that are quite complex and simply cannot be done in Flash with the skewing tool. I thought initially that Photoshop would be able to deal with this complexity, but I am being proved wrong. I mistakenly thought I might be able to apply ‘multiple’ anchors to the skewing but i cannot… So the shadows still do not look right…
While attempting to do this work, it occured to me that I never use the vector aspects of Photoshop and have little knowledge of it. I am simply quite curious…
Nothing wrong with that, is there?

thx

m c

Hecate wrote:

On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:06:18 GMT, edjh wrote:

Martin Chiselwitt wrote:

HI all,
I am trying to do the following…

Copy a shape from Flash, paste into Photoshop.. Fill with black… So far so goode

But what i need to do then is trace this shape with a path so that I can export, or copy + paste this shape back into Flash as a vector shape..
Can anyone advise best way to do this?

many thanks

m c

Can’t you do all this in Flash itself? Why paste in Photoshop?

And if they’re doing vectors, why are they using Photoshop in the first place?

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Hecate

veni, vidi, relinqui

Hey Martin,
I don’t know a lot about Flash but if it recognizes .ai (Illustrator) files or if you can convert them then all you need to do is create your shape (sounds like liquify would be a handy tool for what you’re doing), select it, convert your selection to a path (little icon at the bottom of the Path Palette), and then File / Export / Paths to Illustrator. Let us know how you make out… ~Dr. J

"Martin Chiselwitt" wrote in message

HI all,
I am trying to do the following…

Copy a shape from Flash, paste into Photoshop.. Fill with black… So far so goode

But what i need to do then is trace this shape with a path so that I can export, or copy + paste this shape back into Flash as a vector shape..
Can anyone advise best way to do this?

many thanks

m c

Martin Chiselwitt …

HI all,
I am trying to do the following…

Copy a shape from Flash, paste into Photoshop.. Fill with black… So far so goode

But what i need to do then is trace this shape with a path so that I can export, or copy + paste this shape back into Flash as a vector shape..
Can anyone advise best way to do this?

How about exporting it as an EPS, and importing that into Flash?

And if they’re doing vectors, why are they using Photoshop in the first place?

Maybe that’s all they have, eh?

Photoshop does a fine job at simple vectors. I find the pen tools in PS to be much more consistent than the way they work in AI. Sometimes trying to select a single point in AI is a PITA.

I’d use Fireworks with Flash

"Martin Chiselwitt" wrote in message

HI all,
I am trying to do the following…

Copy a shape from Flash, paste into Photoshop.. Fill with black… So far so goode

But what i need to do then is trace this shape with a path so that I can export, or copy + paste this shape back into Flash as a vector shape..
Can anyone advise best way to do this?

many thanks

m c

THanks for the advice.. I just discovered the wonders of EPS.. it’s exactly the solution i was looking for..

now though.. ahh, but i have to post that as a seperate question!….

m c

Larry Bud wrote:

Martin Chiselwitt …

HI all,
I am trying to do the following…

Copy a shape from Flash, paste into Photoshop.. Fill with black… So far so goode

But what i need to do then is trace this shape with a path so that I can export, or copy + paste this shape back into Flash as a vector shape..
Can anyone advise best way to do this?

How about exporting it as an EPS, and importing that into Flash?

I’d use dynamite with it, but thats probably just because I’m on a 56k modem.
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Ron.

Glenn Pechacek wrote in message

I’d use Fireworks with Flash

On 9 Dec 2003 12:20:29 -0800, (Larry Bud)
wrote:

And if they’re doing vectors, why are they using Photoshop in the first place?

Maybe that’s all they have, eh?

Photoshop does a fine job at simple vectors. I find the pen tools in PS to be much more consistent than the way they work in AI. Sometimes trying to select a single point in AI is a PITA.

Which is why I use Freehand or Corel Draw 😉

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Hecate

veni, vidi, relinqui

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:15:20 -0000, "RTM"
wrote:

I’d use dynamite with it, but thats probably just because I’m on a 56k modem.

LOL! But Glenn’s right in a way because you then use the easy import/export and make the images PNGs which is Fireworks native format.

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Hecate

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EPS file format is the answer to my question thanks…

fireworks sucketh

how can u use fireworks after using Photoshop??

Heresy!!!

Hecate wrote:

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:15:20 -0000, "RTM"
wrote:

I’d use dynamite with it, but thats probably just because I’m on a 56k modem.

LOL! But Glenn’s right in a way because you then use the easy import/export and make the images PNGs which is Fireworks native format.

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Hecate

veni, vidi, relinqui

"Martin Chiselwitt" wrote in message

EPS file format is the answer to my question thanks…

fireworks sucketh

how can u use fireworks after using Photoshop??

Heresy!!!

BS …. I use alot of different programs, I’m not married to PhotoShop.

Glenn

Hecate wrote:

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:15:20 -0000, "RTM"
wrote:

I’d use dynamite with it, but thats probably just because I’m on a 56k modem.

LOL! But Glenn’s right in a way because you then use the easy import/export and make the images PNGs which is Fireworks native format.

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Hecate

veni, vidi, relinqui

ha ha ha ha…

thanks for that, i needed a good laff

BS …. I use alot of different programs, I’m not married to PhotoShop.
Glenn