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Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« on: November 29, 2011, 03:39:45 PM »
can anyone refresh my memory of how to use rasterbator to make the dots that start large and go small around an object. I remember part but cannot get it down. I am using Corel X4. Thks


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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2011, 05:07:23 PM »
Huh didn't know you could do that in a vector program corel anyway..I know how in Photoshop and if you look theres youtube vid on it for photoshop, corel hmmmm.  I know there is a cat here that knows corel inside and, out hope they jump in and help ya.
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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2011, 05:14:54 PM »
I dont know what a rasterbater is but is this what your talking about? 2nd video at about 3:35.
http://coreldrawtips.com/site/converting-a-photo-to-halftone-in-coreldraw-2

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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2011, 05:15:56 PM »
maybe in part 3 of the video.

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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2011, 08:19:08 PM »
i can't fully remember, but i think you have to save it as a jpg or bitmap and open it in rasterbator.  then it converts it into a vector PDF.

there are a bunch of settings like # of pages and so on.

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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2011, 08:19:40 PM »
Rasterbation will make you go blind
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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2011, 08:35:49 PM »
I dont know what a rasterbater is but is this what your talking about? 2nd video at about 3:35.
http://coreldrawtips.com/site/converting-a-photo-to-halftone-in-coreldraw-2


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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2011, 08:47:16 PM »
I use Adobe Illustrator, we take a jpg and "Live Trace" it and then expand it. It usually looks pretty good.
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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2011, 08:47:59 PM »
For those interested. And you can just rasterbate until you need glasses.

http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2011, 09:07:43 PM »
i guess we all learn something new everyday :o

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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2011, 09:22:06 PM »
rasterbator give MUCH better results than tracing

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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2011, 12:27:53 AM »
Here's something I got a while back -

Instructions

Installation

No installation is needed. Just unzip the file contents and run the included Rasterbator.exe application. The application is wizard-like, which means it asks you questions and you click Continue button (or Back if you want to change what you previously answered). There are five screens with different options.
1. Select source image

In this phase you need to select the image you wish to rasterbate from your hard disk. Either enter the file name (with path, such as c:\images\snowman.jpg) in the box, or click Browse... to open the standard file dialog, which you can use to select the file. Note that the Continue button will be disabled if the file does not exist.
2. Select paper size

The rasterbated image will automatically be split onto several pages and in this screen you select the size of the paper you wish to use. Either use one of the predefined paper sizes (such as A4 or US Letter) and choose either portait or landscape printing (horizontal or vertical alignment of the paper), or use custom paper size. In the latter case, you need to input the paper width and height in millimeters.
3. Define output size

Using the paper size you selected, choose the size of the rasterbated poster you wish to use. You can define a specific amount of papers to both dimensions: width and height. The other dimension will be calculated automatically from the dimensions of the source image. The image size and paper consumption will be displayed on the page. Also, the preview image will show how the image will be distributed to different pages.
4. Set rasterbation options

In this screen you set up the preferred output options. The options are the following:

    * Draw cutout line around rasterbated area (default value: on)
      This option wil draw a dim rectangle around the rasterbation graphic of each page. The border will make it considerably easier to cut away the empty margins. If you plan not to cut out the margins, you should uncheck this.
    * Dot size (default value: 10 mm)
      Dot size defines the maximum size of the dots of the rasterbation. As a general rule, select small dot size for small output images and larger dot size for bigger output images. For a typical rasterbation job, good values are between 5 and 25 mm. Please note that dot size is the distance between centers of adjacent dots, as the dots may overlap.
    * Color mode (default value: black)
      The color mode affects the color of the dots in the poster. Black and custom color mean one-colored dots: the brightness is conveyed by using smaller or bigger dots. Multi-color includes the original color from the source image to the rasterbated poster.

5. Save rasterbation as

This should be pretty easy. The default value for the output file is the file name and directory of the source file, except that the file suffix (such as .jpg) is replaced with .pdf. If a file of the similar name exists, the suggested output file name will be suffixed with such a number that there exists no file the name.
Rasterbate!

Then, click the Rasterbate! button. The program will produce the output image. If you want to use other programs while rasterbating, check the "Rasterbate on low priority" option. This will slow down the rasterbating, but it makes other programs more responsive.

When the rasterbation is completed, you have the option to automatically open the produced image file (requires that you have a pdf reader in your computer system).

And for those curious to try it out -

http://the-rasterbator.en.softonic.com/download
« Last Edit: November 30, 2011, 12:34:37 AM by screenxpress »
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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2011, 11:15:55 AM »
gotta tell ya, I can't get involved with a topic called rasterbating with a bunch of dudes ok - this is just weird. . .it's a cool effect, but dammit, it's weird. . .thanks for the link frogger.
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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2011, 01:07:16 PM »
Thanks Screenxpress... That is what I needed.. the one thing it did not tell you is to save the original image in grayscale bitmap... and add large outline to get the dots outside the original. Really works well have used it before but just forgot a few steps.

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Re: Rasterbator ? I forgot how...
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2011, 07:42:43 PM »
One of these days, I ought to actually run it myself -  :)
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