Can you help to improve this Jpeg please?

[Terry Bull]

Karl
if you have got p/shop move it there and play with the blur settings though it wont be brilliant you may loose some pixelling,try sharpening as well
might help

[Karl Williams]

Tried it Terry. Still looks crap. I need to draw it in so I can cut it out for some kick boxing suits.

[Phil Craddock]

unfortunately if the file size and image quality is too low then its a case of ‘crap in- crap out’ if you know what I mean.

If the quality or sharpness isn’t there to start with you wont improve it – I would quote the customer to re-create it or they send you a higher res or larger file/better image.

[Karl Williams]

No mate, there’s been a topic on here before regarding some software that improves low res images. Just has to be a bit better for me to draw in.

[Phil Craddock]

I have heard of a bit of software called Streamline many moons ago which converts photoshop images into a vector graphic but Illustrator can do that now anyway.

hope you can get it sorted.

[Gary Birch]

Karl
I have just tried it in Photozoom and to be honest it’s just as sh1t as it first started mate. You normally get at least a bit of improvement but not this time mate.

Cheers

Gary

[Peter Normington]

Karl
There are a couple of similar ones on istock vectors, maybe download a thumbnail to give you a better starting point to trace?
I’m sure Ive seen that image somewhere before though, must be on the net somewhere..

[Liam Pattison]

could you try and convince them to have something else along the same lines which would be easier to trace?

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free- … age6485929

Liam

[David Rowland]

the answer is no… if u partially shut ur eyes u can sorta see an improvement but not much… so u need to ask them "what is it" and google it

[Karl Williams]

No joy on anything chaps. Thanks for your help.
It’s just a sh!t image.

[David Rowland]

you could employ someone with artists expression to re-create it, maybe someone with paint brushes?

[DonMarco]

Recently I had similar case where customer wanted to have print from
internet picture. Of course resolution was not useful.

I gave file to artist to draw it again on paper and than I scaned it.

Cost for artist was around 100 pounds but he spent several hours for drawing. I would spent even more trying to redraw in Photoshop or Illustrator.

Regards
Saso

[John Childs]

Isn’t this sort of thing what Vectorwise is for?

[Nicola McIntosh]

am i losing the plot here…..if you vectorise it then fill in the layers to get the image effect, why would you need to employ a "digital artist" to do it? i was under the impression we were all "digital artists" totally confused.com 😮

nik

[Shane Drew]

quote Nicola McIntosh:

am i losing the plot here…..if you vectorise it then fill in the layers to get the image effect, why would you need to employ a “digital artist” to do it? i was under the impression we were all “digital artists” totally confused.com 😮

nik

I think saso gave it to a ‘real’ artist Nik, then scanned it and revectored that file.

Personally, I tell them if they can’t supply me with a decent pic, then I can’t supply a decent sign.

I’ll find a similar pic on istock or vectorstock and give them that option. Otherwise, I spend my time helping out other clients that aren’t as much trouble.

If it is off the net, changes are its copyrighted anyway?

[Terry Bull]

Karl
ive drawn this, its hard to define a lot of the detail but if its not to be used too large it may suit ok
Terry

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[Kevin Flowers]

Karl
here’s a eps file from Terry’s drawing hope it helps might need tidying

Kev

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[Karl Williams]

Thanks Terry & Kevin. There both brilliant. I owe you both a pint at Sign Uk this year. 😉