The extrema is the farthest point of a curve.
Stick to the ExtremaĪnchors points (unless they’re a corner) belong on what is called the extrema. Here are two important factors to keep in mind when plotting anchor points: 1. If you find that you’re unable to achieve the curve you’re after without pulling at an angle other than 0º or 90º, chances are you’ve plotted your anchors in the wrong place. Plot your anchors as you normally would, but when you pull the bezier handles to create curves, pull them at either a 0º angle (horizontal), or 90º angle (vertical).
Vectorize lettering professional#
If you’re able to catch a peek as other professional hand lettering artists vectorize, you’ll see that they too utilize this technique. The most accurate vectors are ones where anchors are plotted in such a way that the bezier handles only need to be pulled at either a 0º or 90º angle. As I reviewed all of the vector executions I had done for these designs, I began noticing a common trend in the stronger works. I just couldn’t manage to get the curves do what I needed them to.Ī few months ago, I was going back through some of my old hand lettering design work. But other times, pulling bezier handles was like pulling teeth. Sometimes, I was able to make my vector lines match my design perfectly. No one is born a pen tool master, but in the beginning, I felt like I was really struggling to bring my work to life. Month after month, project after project, I strive to develop efficiencies in my vector execution. I’m really excited to share a technique with you that I like to call the 0º or 90º technique. If you had a flattened black and white image, this setting is very helpful and allows you to easily remove the background.0º or 90º: A Technique to Improve Your Vectors As we saved the lettering out as a transparent png, we don’t really need to do this. This will extract the white background from the vector so you have your lettering as one shape. This gives a tighter fit and is more accurate to the drawing (especially if you have a really hand drawn look you are trying to preserve).ĭecrease your ‘Corners’ setting to smooth out the path.īring your ‘Noise’ setting right down too.įinally, tick the ‘Ignore White’ box.
I like to increase the value of my ‘Paths’. Zoom in to see how the levels are adjusting the shape. This allows you to see the effects of any changes you make. You might want play around and see what suits your work most. Make sure you select the ‘Preview’ check box. Rolling your mouse over the each will give more information of what each setting controls. You’ll see you have a few levels available to play with. There is no hard and fast rule about this, but adjusting the values will get us closer to the look of the original drawing.Įxpand the ‘Advanced’ settings of your Image Trace options.
Now with your Image Trace Panel open, we can adjust the settings to create our vector art. After all the effort you put into perfecting those curves, this is the last thing we want! The problem is, if you want to then scale your lettering to a larger size, you will start to see some fuzziness around the edges as you stretch the pixels. When you paint or draw in Procreate you are filling those physical pixel squares with colour. Pixels are made up of tiny little squares. Let’s first look at the difference between working with pixels (like we do in Procreate), and Vector art. This will ensure the artwork is ready for print at whatever size and format you need. Today, I’m going to show you a very simple method for getting your Procreate lettering into vector format so you can scale it up or down easily without loosing quality. What do you do? You haven’t worked in print design before and are worried you’ll do something wrong and don’t know where to start.ĭon’t worry. Or maybe you were asked to help with a wedding invitation or a commissioned print. Maybe one of them has asked you to design a logo for their business. You post your work to instagram and other social media channels and your friends are starting to notice. So you’ve been practicing hard, your lettering and calligraphy skills are improving leaps and bounds. **Please Note: if you are looking for Vector instructions using your iPad only (without need for a desktop), please click here.
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