Can i create this plugin using illustrator

[_Richard_Waverley_]

Hey guys

i need to develop a very specific application, and was wondering can i achieve this using illustrator or any other adobe software out there.

My requirements are as follows.

1. Take any bitmap image eg. 500x500pixels @ 7x10 Dpi (note pixels are rectangular in shape)
2. Load into illustrator and vectorise using live trace
3. Increase size to anything eg 10x larger or 100x smaller eg from 500x500 to 5000x5000
4. Save the resulting image as a bitmap at required size eg 5000x5000px, still at 7x10dpi

the reason i have looked at this, is because the vectorisation will maintain image quality (better than rescaling a bitmap to the same size), i understand some detail may be lost during the vectorisation process but i am willing to accept this and retouch-up the image afterwords.

I was looking to develop a plugin for illustrator to achieve this. do you think it is feasable or can you think of another to achieve the same results.

All help will be appreciated.
Richard

[A. Patterson]

Everything except #3 I'm pretty sure you can do. I'm not saying you can't do #3, I'm just not clear on what you mean. If you just mean scale the results by some factor, then yes, that's doable -- everything is a matrix in Illustrator so you could scale by 1000% and get 10x amplification.

[_Richard_Waverley_]

Thanks
i have pretty much sorted the issue of #3, as all it basically is is rescaling by seom factor. the problem im now having is when i try to save something out as a bitmap it automatically reverts to a minimum of 72ppi, so i loose my 7x10dpi.

i can overcome this if i use photoshop, but it would be nice if i could do everything in one application.

any ideas ??

[A. Patterson]

I'm not much of an image guy, my expertise is in the general API & vectors/geometry. I'd look through the docs on AIRasterSuite (AIRaster.h), there's bound to be something in there that can help you out. Failing that, try the AIDocumentSuite (AIDocument.h), maybe there are DPI settings in there?

[3DTOPO]

I would recommend a scripting solution unless there is a specific reason why your solution has to be a plugin. It would be much easier scripting and you should be able to as you have described.