Re: Screen Cap BMPs to Vector

[Joe Crawford]

Robert Koberg wrote:

> 

> Does anybody know of any tool that can _accurately_ convert simple(a

> software apps screen caps) 4 bit bmps to a flash/vector format? I have used

> flash's, but...

> 

> -or-

> 

> Has any body created a template scheme that would allow fast generation of

> different screen caps based on the same template?


Sounds like a more complex question. Flash generator may have this

capability - but it's not really out yet. :-\


> This is a for a simple learning piece that we would like to do in flash.

> How ever it requires the use of full screen-screen caps.  It appears to me

> that because of it being a 4 bit graphic with "sharp color definition" it

> could be more easily converted than, say, a photgraph.  Am I correct?  We

> could do it by the template approach but that might take too much time. Any

> ideas would be appreciated.


Without seeing the screens - it's hard to be sure - but I'd recommend

Adobe's Streamline product. Very nice flexibility - converts bitmaps to

vectors, which are copy and pastable or savable in .ai and then

importable into Flash.


Are you sure Flash can't do it, though? There's a ton of flexibility in

the settings for "convert to vector" within Flash. In fact, I've

recommended it for just this purpose to people. But sometimes,

Streamline is a better choice.


Good luck,


Joe

 

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