What is recreating an image?
Recreating an image is the process of tracing a raster image file, placing vector points in order to create a vector replica of the design. An artist will do this for a couple different reasons. Quality of print is the most common reason. In order for the film positive printer to print clean lines, which will then be burned into a screen and eventually end up on your promotional product, it must be able to see a smooth clean line. Vector files have substantially cleaner lines than raster files most of the time. The other reason is that it may be necesary to modify the file. While it is possible to “photoshop” a raster file it offers substantially less flexibility in most situations.
Recreating an image is the process of tracing a raster image file while placing vector points in order to create a vector replica of the design. We do this to get the best quality image to print. The process is done so that the film which is a positive can be printed in clean lines. Then we burn the film into a screen. Vector files have substantially cleaner lines than raster files. Another reason is that it may be necessary to modify the file. While it is possible to “Photoshop” a raster file it offers substantially less flexibility in most situations.
