Vector in/vector out?

HI all,
I am trying to do the following...

Copy a shape from Flash, paste into Photoshop.. Fill with black...
So far so goode

But what i need to do then is trace this shape with a path so that I can
export, or copy + paste this shape back into Flash as a vector shape..

Can anyone advise best way to do this?

many thanks

m c

 

Can't you do all this in Flash itself? Why paste in Photoshop?

 

And if they're doing vectors, why are they using Photoshop in the
first place?

 

OK, fair point.

What I am trying to do is make realistic shadows that are quite complex
and simply cannot be done in Flash with the skewing tool.
I thought initially that Photoshop would be able to deal with this
complexity, but I am being proved wrong. I mistakenly thought I might be
able to apply 'multiple' anchors to the skewing but i cannot... So the
shadows still do not look right...
While attempting to do this work, it occured to me that I never use the
vector aspects of Photoshop and have little knowledge of it. I am simply
quite curious...
Nothing wrong with that, is there?

thx

m c

 

Hey Martin,
I don't know a lot about Flash but if it recognizes .ai (Illustrator) files
or if you can convert them then all you need to do is create your shape
(sounds like liquify would be a handy tool for what you're doing), select
it, convert your selection to a path (little icon at the bottom of the Path
Palette), and then File / Export / Paths to Illustrator.
Let us know how you make out... ~Dr. J

 

How about exporting it as an EPS, and importing that into Flash?

 

And if they're doing vectors, why are they using Photoshop in the

Maybe that's all they have, eh?

Photoshop does a fine job at simple vectors. I find the pen tools in
PS to be much more consistent than the way they work in AI. Sometimes
trying to select a single point in AI is a PITA.

 

I'd use Fireworks with Flash

 

THanks for the advice.. I just discovered the wonders of EPS.. it's
exactly the solution i was looking for..

now though.. ahh, but i have to post that as a seperate question!....

m c

 

I'd use dynamite with it, but thats probably just because I'm on a 56k
modem.

 

Which is why I use Freehand or Corel Draw ;-)

 

LOL! But Glenn's right in a way because you then use the easy
import/export and make the images PNGs which is Fireworks native
format.

 

EPS file format is the answer to my question thanks...

fireworks sucketh

how can u use fireworks after using Photoshop??

Heresy!!!

 

BS .... I use alot of different programs, I'm not married to PhotoShop.

Glenn

 

ha ha ha ha...

thanks for that, i needed a good laff