http://redjar.org/jared/blog/archives/2005/05/19/adobe-illustrator-cs2-live-trace/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:52:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://redjar.org/jared/blog/archives/2005/05/19/adobe-illustrator-cs2-live-trace/#comment-13536 steve Fri, 05 May 2006 11:09:14 +0000 http://redjar.org/jared/blog/?p=73#comment-13536 Live trace automates the design of strong graphic screenprinted like images, while enabling fortune 500 companies with good design to ruin it with crappy images. They look like a posterized filter. I opened up a crap news paper and a yellow and black sprint ad fell out. The add used clean and minimal typography, brilliant color, great layout. What stood out as being the odd ball was a live traced picture of a couple using their phone. The photo was jagged, rough, harsh, duo-toned, graphic... everything that screen printing is great at! But sprint is not a screen printed brand. Be prepared to see alot of harsh, crappy, out of place, graphic photos on brands everywhere for the next several years. Live trace automates the design of strong graphic screenprinted like images, while enabling fortune 500 companies with good design to ruin it with crappy images. They look like a posterized filter. I opened up a crap news paper and a yellow and black sprint ad fell out. The add used clean and minimal typography, brilliant color, great layout. What stood out as being the odd ball was a live traced picture of a couple using their phone. The photo was jagged, rough, harsh, duo-toned, graphic… everything that screen printing is great at! But sprint is not a screen printed brand. Be prepared to see alot of harsh, crappy, out of place, graphic photos on brands everywhere for the next several years.

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