These fine folks have finetuned an automated vector process.
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Vectorization (aka tracing) is the process of converting a raster image to a vector image.
Raster images are pixel-based, whereas vector images are represented by geometric shapes such as lines, circles and curves.
Raster images are pixel-based, whereas vector images are represented by geometric shapes such as lines, circles and curves.
This means that it's all mapped out by mathmatics, which means it is infinitely scalable. it is a helluva lot of work by hand, and it's rather frustrating.
but with this (very) easy to use website, you can get a better vector than tracing it in illustrator.
with these examples, no further photoshopping or retouching has been done. I find it pretty impressive.
