Tracing Artwork In Illustrator

Tracing artwork with Live Trace.

To base a new drawing on an existing piece of artwork .The easiest way to trace artwork is to open or place a file into Illustrator and automatically trace the artwork with the Live Trace command .

Automatically trace artwork using Live Trace .

1. Open or place an image for the tracing .
2. Select the image .

• To trace the image using a tracing preset, click the Tracing Presets and Options button in the Control panel, and select a preset .
• To trace the image using the default tracing options, click Live Trace in the Control panel, or choose Object > Live Trace > Make.
•  To set tracing options before you trace the image, click the Tracing Presets and Options button in the Control panel, and choose Tracing Options. Alternatively, choose Object > Live Trace > Tracing Options. Set tracing options, and then click Trace .

Release a tracing object
If you want to discard a tracing but keep the original placed image, you can release the tracing object.
1  Select the tracing object.
2  Choose Object > Live Trace > Release .
 

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Manal Raafat