Help with images

First time poster here! w00t! :D

Anywho, got something I need you guys and your infinite wisdom to help me with. You see, a friend of mine does some really neat drawing stuff, you know, with like words and logos and all that. Well, he had a guy ask him to make a logo for his company. My friend drew part of it, then called me up to scan it in and flip it so that it would be mirrored on the other side. Using the magnetic lasso tool (which, by the way, freaking rocks!), I was able to cut out the image and mirror it pretty well. After doing that, we decided we'd mess with his drawing in Photoshop, adding some effects and what not. After awhile, we got some pretty cool stuff done. But, we noticed that some of the curves weren't very smooth, some lines where too thin, edges are kinda jagged, and other things like that. I wasn't too sure how to fix it, so we just left it at that. I now want to know if there is a way to fix the problems. This is the black logo, small. This is the same pic but bigger so you can see the imperfections. This is the same logo with effects on it, and this is a bigger version of it. Any help at all will be appreciated.

Thanks!
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netboy

well, I would suggest doing it in Illustrator as it is more suited for what you want to do. you will be reshapeing paths...

photoshop does have a path selection tool that will allow you to reshape or smoothen your lines.... but prefferably you would want to scan it in illustrator as a vector and edit the nodes.
(if you dont have illustrator you can download it free for 30 days)

has ur friend got any more of those, that he woudlnt mind ummmmm
how can i put this, accidently losing :D

xanderangelo has a point... if youre doing logo's and whatnot simpel vector stuff, do it in illustrator.. photoshop is based on bitmap ... (try running a search on google for 'vector and bitmap' if you dont know the difference..

in short, when you have done work in vector you are able to scale it as a crazy man on speed without loosing quality at all.. the downside is that it takes a LOT of work to do detailed work.. and it takes a lot of understanding of the pen tool..

if you still want to keep the logo in Photoshop i would suggest you drew the logo up with the pen tool, on a new layer.. this would take some time, but do it with the pen tool, get comfortable with it.. theres a reason its the most used tool for selections

if you have no idea what im talking about, throw a PM my way..

Originally posted by xanderangelo
you would want to scan it in illustrator as a vector and edit the nodes.

I can scan as a vector? How do I do that?

What I would suggest trying is gaussian blur a little and then use levels sliders. Take the white one and drag it towards the center. Then take the black one and drag it towards the center. You'll get the hang of it and you can fool around with it. Experiment but it I'm not sure if it will work for you here. Nice graphic by the way.

tom

Against most of the advice here, forget Illustrator and use Photoshop. It is no use telling you to use a program that you don't own or that you don't know how to use.

Use the Pen Tool on a new layer above the original image. Trace around the image (or at least one half of it) - as with Illustrator you can edit it later.