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  Vectorize a Logo From an Image

 

43. Still working in FreeHand®, the next step is to join the two halves of the butterfly together. But first we want to zoom in a bit to make some final adjustments to the positioning of the two halves to make sure they line up with the template image in the background layer. Please view the QuickTime® movie below to see how to do it step by step.


Commands used in the movie: Macintosh to Windows translations
Macintosh Windows Command
Cmd+Shift+G Ctrl+Shift+G Ungroup
Cmd+J Ctrl+J Join selected objects


44. When finished, the two halves of the butterfly are joined together and the vector art lines up with the original GIF image. At this step I saved the file as butterfly.fh11 (File > Save As butterfly.fh11).


Part IV: Separate The Orange Color

45. Returning to the Photoshop® file, we want to activate the layer containing the original logo art and turn off the visibility for the layers that were added above it. Click the layer visibility icon (the little "eye" icon to the left of the layer thumbnail) to toggle layer visibility and click the the layer itself to make it the a live layer. Please view the QuickTime® movie below to see how to do this step by step.


46. Click Select > Color Range to bring up the color range selection dialog once again. Use the eyedropper to select the orange color, then use the plus eyedropper (the eyedropper with the plus sign next to it) to add to the selection bit by bit. Use the fuzziness slider to increase or decrease fuzziness. Continue adding to the selection bit by bit by selecting orange around the fringes and patches of orange in the main selection area. I used "Black Matte" from the Selection Preview drop down menu, then inverted the selection to make it easy to see what I was selecting. I also zoomed in the document by pressing the the spacebar while holding down the Command key on the Macintosh®. On the PC you would hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the spacebar. Please view the QuickTime® movie below to see how to do it step by step.


Commands used in the movie: Macintosh to Windows translations
Macintosh Windows Command
Cmd+Spacebar Ctrl+Spacebar Zoom Tool


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