straighten this out

[pablo11059]

hi all

i was wondering if you all could point me in the right direction.

in the attached artwork, i scanned this graphic and as you can see the lines are not at all correct. normally i would just play with nodes for hours to get what i need. was wondering if there are any other short cuts you guys might be able to point out. i have obviously removed nodes and the such. just wondering if there is another aproach im missing. ie... is there a way to constrain a part of a curve and make the rest follow ? or.... there has to be another way.

thanks in advance

 

[weaselboogie]

a lot quicker just to recreate from scratch.

What prog are you using?

 

[animenick65]

Is that what it looks like scanned, or vector art you derived from the scanned artwork? I personally would just produce it with the pen tool and get it the way I want/need. Are you using curves with your nodes and not just straight lines?

 

[The Vector Doctor]

You will waste too much time fixing nodes. The curves can be drawn with ovals. Overlap them to match and use the knockout tool to remove the unwanted parts

I often get autotraced logos to fix and it is far easier to start from scratch.

 

[pablo11059]

thanks for reply

well first off im new not to computers but to vector art.

to first post i agree im not sure i have the ability to recreate this, i know its simple but not to sure how to even start.

( i have read a few books and lidya training but curves are hard for me to make for some reason) if i try to do by hand it comes out with the same or worse results

to second post yes i scanned and then vectorised it by way of adobe streamline, nodes are curves. the font would be removed and i would just replace that. but to clean up this mess ????????

 

[pablo11059]

thanks for the knock out tool tip i will be using that today

 

[J Hill Designs]

draw three ovals and use the middle one to cut out the other two...2 minutes

ok the instructions weren't quite right, but the timing was fairly close...

 

[pablo11059]

j hill

not 2 min for me. lol im working on it.

i see making it new is much easier than spending wasted hours on nodes.

thanks 4 info all

 

[cptcorn]

2 minutes. It's not exact... but its close.. and you could make it exact if you had 4 minutes. Should give you a good idea of what people are saying.

The text itself is just Times, and as you get more familiar, you'll pick that up... Or a few members on here will school you with their knowledge of typography.

 

[knucklehead]

What's the knockout tool called in X-4?

 

[Techman]

trim

 

[knucklehead]

Thank You.