break a part a scanned image

[mixtrik]

Hi there. I was hoping someone could explain how I can break apart a scanned in image into different shapes. For example, If i draw a person, what would be the best way to rig and possibly create different layers (head, upper arm, lower arm, etc.)? I have tried to use rigging by point binding but it seems to still pull on the rest of the image's points whenever I manipulate the bone. Any tutorials or advice? Thank you.

[slowtiger]

You need to separate the parts in a bitmap program first.

[GCharb]

As slowtiger said, break it apart in a raster image program like Photoshop, Pixel or Gimp.

You cant rig an image with point binding, as it is not vector and therefore there are no points to bind, unless You converted an image to vector.

As far s tutorials go, there are images tutorials on the manual, tutorial 4.1

No offense, but I never understood why peoples never read the manuals, this is what they should do first, oh well!

[mixtrik]

I'm sorry i should have been more clear. I do use the trace image feature which in turn creates one vector. But I am wondering if I could then break apart the arms, legs, head. Should I use Paint.NET to import the vector and then detach what I need and and draw in the missing features?

[Ambit Energy]

No offense, but I never understood why peoples never read the manuals, this is what they should do first, oh well!

I'm one of those I hate really reading when it is already a 1 page article or more... grrrr....

by the way, do you mean that after the scan, open the image in photoshop then convert into a vector image and where I can rig the image into point binding? sorry newbie here...





John Galt
Ambit Energy, Sales Consultant
St. Louis, Missouri

[GCharb]

You cannot rig raster (pixel base) images with point binding, only with layer binding.

ASP 8 can convert simple raster images into vector.

Still, You should at least read the quick start manual, around 50 pages ain't so bad!