#VECTORIZE HAND LETTERING HOW TO#
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I know all that sounds complicated but I wanted the pen shape to have a textured background and by selecting the black shape in Painter with Auto Select, I could then hide the layer and paint within the selection on a new layer with a pastel brush. I started in Illustrator by manually creating a vector shape, then brought that shape into Photoshop, then cut and pasted the layer into Corel Painter.

#VECTORIZE HAND LETTERING PLUS#

How the title graphic at the top of this post was created using a simple vector shape, plus hand lettering and a background scene photographed with Adobe Shape.įirst, I created a pen shape above to contain the title lettering. This next image is a Shape rendering of a still life photo that already existed in my Photos library. I spent literally no time on these but as an example of how to capture abstract shapes from literally anything you can photograph. The top image is of a guy swimming in a lake. Case in point…I was watching some Swedish murder mystery on Netflix the other night and had my iPad open to Shape and decided to try vectorizing a few scenes that had relatively little movement. Graphic designers have been turning raster images into vectors using Illustrator and the Trace Image feature for a long time but Adobe Shape, albeit a less precise way to accomplish this, gives us a much more spontaneous way to vectorize 2D and 3D stuff in real time, so for those of us who are way into instant gratification, this couldn’t be more up our alley(s). It’s now possible to go from sketchbook to finished artwork in a few clicks. This tutorial relies on features only found of the Creative Cloud Libraries.) Hey kids, there’s a fun new toy in the sandbox! (Sorry to any legacy Adobe application users.

A Creative Cloud subscription (in order to make use of CC Libraries).

A copy of Adobe Photoshop CC and/or Illustrator CC.

A smartphone or tablet running the Adobe Shape app.

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#VECTORIZE HAND LETTERING FULL#

The full course, Mastering Script Lettering, teaches you script lettering from the basics right up to advanced techniques.

Go back through at the end, correcting any inconsistencies and making adjustments.Also use the shape tools wherever possible-for example, I used the Ellipse Tool to create a circle for the 'g' and then altered it to fit the letterform.You can see a full timelapse of my vectoring process in the video to get a clearer idea of how this works. Use the Pen Tool to trace each letter, placing anchor points on the 'extrema', the furthest points on each letter.Vector each letter separately, so that you can later move the shapes around if need be.Bring it into Illustrator and make it 10% Opacity so that you can trace over it.Adjust the levels and contrast so that you can see your lettering more clearly.Start by scanning your lettering and opening the image in Photoshop.Watch the video above to see the full vectoring process, and here's a summary of the main steps:

#VECTORIZE HAND LETTERING HOW TO#

In this video from the course, I show you exactly how to do that in Adobe Illustrator. But what if you want to convert your hand lettering into vector format? In my course, Mastering Script Lettering, I showed you how to create beautiful script lettering by hand.

Vectorize hand lettering