I always liked how mathematic can influese life, or change the way you see things. While vectorizing an image from pixels can involve a lot of mathematic calculations, the result can be just beautifull.
The give you guys a little example:
This is a picture of little Tuko, my dog.
Cute little guy hug?
But what is vectorizing? This is a simple definition. Vectorized images describe every aspect of their shape in terms of a mathematical formula. To see how beneficial this can be, imagine a simple shape, such as a circle. In a raster image, a circle that is 100 pixels wide will have to store where each of the pixels in that 1,000 pixel area is placed. If one were to zoom in on that image, one would start to see pixelization, since only those 1,000 pixels were described.
By contrast, on a vectorized image, a simple mathematical formula would describe the radius of the circle and the fact that it is a true circle, and the processor could calculate the rest. Not only is this a lot less information to deal with, but if one were to zoom in on the image, it would continue to have a smooth line, since the processor would just keep calculating the arc of the circle. This allows vectorized images to be manipulated much more easily – grown or shrunk, twisted and bent – without any distortion or loss of quality. It also means that higher-resolution monitors will display the vectorized images as higher-resolution graphics, while a raster graphic has a set maximum resolution at which it can be viewed, beyond which point no increase is noticeable.
After a little searching I found a webpage that will do the job of vectorizing the image for us.
VectorMagic is a very nice solution from the university of stanford, really easy to use, free and will give us great results.
This is the picture after some vectorizing and editing
I will let you be the judge.
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