Image Effect help

[Heckler58]

I made a thread earlier in the week about a certain effect i was looking for, but I wasn't really able to make the right question to get help. I found the perfect examples of what I'm looking for to be the visual style of the movie "A Scanner Darkly" and the album cover of Paul Oakenfold's "A Lively Mind." That "Cartoony" style is exactly what i need. It anybody could tell me which programs i need and how i could attain that effect I would GREATLY appreciate it. I use a mac computer by the way in case that's useful information.

P.s. Wikipedia says that "A Scanner Darkly" uses Rotoscoping if that helps at all. Thanks again!

 

[LeftyRodriguez]

Are you using Photoshop? If so, try Googling "Photoshop Cartoon Action" or "Photoshop Comic Action".

 

[Village Idiot]

I still say vetor images. pictures would help.

 

[LeftyRodriguez]

If you want to go the vector route, check out Stanford University's Vector Magic: http://vectormagic.com/

 

[Heckler58]

Yep, vector imaging was dead on. That vectormagic.com page was EXACTLY what i was looking for. Thanks a bunch guys. It's pay per use though, is there a way to do that in photoshop?

 

[LeftyRodriguez]

You can download a free bitmap version of your image from that site, just not the vector art...Not sure how this will affect resizing, though...

Here's an action on Adobe Exchange that will make vector-like images:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1045155

But, like that action's author says, Illustrator is the way to go with vectors.

 

[KOrmechea]

For a free version, I'd Google, "Photoshop Vector Tutorial," or something along those lines.