Ive got a drawing that I scanned, I changed the Levels a bit so most of the jarble is out of it, and now i want to trace it, and have it look nice. Ive tried using the pen tool, it may just be me, but it doesnt turn out good,
View 2 Replieshow to use Live Trace in Illustrator but now instead of the Tracing Options window having a button that says "Trace" it's now showing a button that says "Set to Default." I'm sure something isn't selected right or something similar, but I can't figure it out. why "Trace" is no longer an option?
View 2 Replies View RelatedImage trace shifts artwork once the trace is finished. Have to nudge art back into place each time.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm loving CS6 Illustrator, except for one thing. Image Trace. Here, Adobe seem to have taken away the two most usefull settings from Live Trace, and replaced all the presets with ones that are pretty much unusable. I almost always used either 'Comic Art' or 'Lettering' to trace hand-drawn images, but they're both gone. None of the new settings are good enough, even if I make a custom one. The main issue is that the sliders in Image Trace are for completely different things to those in Live Trace, so it's difficult to translate one set of settings into the other.
With Image Trace, I cannot get the same results as with Live Trace, and so far, have found myself having to have Illustrator CS5 open at the same time as CS6, just so I can get workable traces.
I don't know if it's possible, but is there any way to import the presets from Live Trace, or even the full tool, into CS6, to replace the new Image Trace presets?how to make the equivelant of Comic Art in Image Trace's new settings?This is a close up of a file I was trying to trace, showing the major difference in quality between the two CS versions.
Left: CS5 - Comic Art setting.
Right: CS6 - This is a custom setting, but is the closest I have come to Comic Art thus far.
As you can see, the definition of Image Trace is far lower in quality than Live Trace, giving me one large connected blob of colour rather than the distictly separate lines produced in Live Trace.
I just started using CS6, jumping from CS3. A major tool I use is Live Trace, and I have custom settings for that. I cannot find a way to make Image Trace behave the way Live Trace did for black and white line drawings. The results I get in CS6 are far inferior to those I got in CS3 in terms of retaining the look of the original raster image. Otherwise, I will have to leave CS3 installed just to do my Live Trace.
Here is a sample of what I mean. You can see the quality degredation in CS6 compared to CS3. (And it's much more obvious when it's full size and full resolution.)
My settings used in Live Trace (CS3) were:
The settings I tried in CS6 that gave the above result were:
I have recently buy one software ( embroidery) , with the corel draw x5 essential.
- but I can not find the trace function to convert bitmap to vector , like power trace.
I have a picture of a logo I want to trace, is their like an auto trace that will make it look even? cause when I use that one tool to trace is hard to get it to the right curve.
View 2 Replies View Relatedbest way of converting some inked line drawings into vectors. I currently do a lot of fabric designs which consist of very simple line drawings, which I then ink up. What I'd like to do is scan these in and then fill them. I'd also like to be able to resize them, hence the vector conversion.
I've had a play with the Live Trace feature in Illustrator, but have to admit that it baffles me slightly. I currently can't find a setting within Live Trace that will trace the image without increasing the size of the stroke - e.g. all the presets just turn my nice fine sketches into big fat black splodges.
I am also having trouble in taking the converted Vectors and transfering them over to Photoshop - any time I either try to copy the layer directly over or open the saved Illustrator file in Photoshop it comes out all jagged.
someone will be able to describe the steps I need to take to do the following:
1. Convert a line drawing into a Vector without drastically increasing the line weights.
2. Take this new Vector from Illustrator to Photoshop without losing any image quality.
On flash often I see trace bitmap to simplfy and smooth down images and avoid pixelation, can this type of act happen within photoshop?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am trying to figure out how to go about tracing the image below, but I'm not having much luck.
The shape itself is quite simple, and yet I'm not sure where to start. I figure once I get one of the leaf shapes I can rotate it 6 times to make the inner star. As for the outer shells, I don't really have a game plan since the inner star creates the center of the six outer shells.
The image itself looks hand drawn, but the shape could obviously be created to be symmetrical. Which brings me to my next point. Symmetry. Using guides and the rotate tool seems like it should be enough to keep things lined up correctly. Yes?
I recently received a new Imac running 10.8.6 and when I attach a digital camera the images go directly to iphoto and yet I don't see any trace of the camera on my desktop or in my finder and therefore can't import them onto my hard drive as customary. if this is an issue with photoshop 5 that will be transparent if I upgrade to photoshop 6? or is there a download that will address this issue is PS
View 3 Replies View RelatedIn the Shake Reduction Filter, what do you look for in the image, and how do you use the Blur Trace Bounds slider to optimize its function?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen you run the 'trace edges' filter, you are left with an outline of your image and all its contrasting points. - this line is about 6 or 7 pixels thick, does anyone know a way of reducing the thickness of these 'lines'?
View 7 Replies View RelatedHow do I use it?
I drew a line art picture, traced over it in pen, scanned it into Illustrator.
I selected the autotrace tool and clicked it on the lines, it didn't work. I clicked IN the lines, and it traced around the lines...see attachment. Also it left out a bunch of shapes.
I'm rather confused. Should I just not use auto trace for this? If so, what's the better tool?
You know how you see the pictures that are traced via illustrator and such? well, is there a filter for this in photoshop? one to download? ive tried doing the tracing and such, well......doesnt come out so well But anytype of filter etc.
View 6 Replies View RelatedEverytime I start CS5 Photoshop I receive an error that states - "The procedure entry point sqlite3_trace could not be located in the dynamic link library sqlite.dll".
I then get a message that Suitcase Fusion 4 is unable to start and auto font activation is turned off.I am using XP Pro SP3. how to reslove this issue.
I managed to get my logo to white and looking nicely but when I try to create a border around it it doesn't look sharp. I am selecting the text, growing by 1 or 2 pixels around and filling a second layer with black and exporting as PNG (to maintain tranparency). You can see what the finished product looks like at [URL]..... in the slider on the main page. It does not look sharp at all. how to do this in a cleaner looking manner?
View 7 Replies View RelatedLet's suppose I find a photo or an image (illustration or cartoon or something) that I would like to use in my project. I want to trace it and therefore, have an outline of the image I want.
How do I do this using an action or plugin or something.
I know I can do this manually using the pen tool. But are there other ways?
1. Are there other ways to doing this manually?
2. Are there any actions or plugins to do this?
If I use an action, the outlines might be too detailed for what I need.
3. How do I get a simpler outline? Would it be possible for me to choose that?
I want to create a specific blur trace file for my camera for using it in my capture sharpening job.
Or a web site link explaining how to create such a file?
I've had X5 for a while and never had problems until today. I trace a bitmap and then can not get it back into Corel. All the buttons on the bottom right are missing.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to import image files and then trace them so you have a .dwg file? I am using autocad LT 2012.
View 2 Replies View Relatedis it possible to ray-trace and output to file instead of render in Inventor Studio? I ask because realistic visualisation with ray tracing active gives me better results than render. It might be I am using the wrong settings, but I don't know.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI am new to AutoCAD. I have a csv file that has all my GPS co-ordinates and i want to plot my points and traice plots on my dwg which also has my google earth image.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to cut out a section of a Placed PNG in Illustrator without doing a Trace Bitmap?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have been able to do this in the past, but today illustrator cs6 will not let me do an image trace. I go under window, then over to image trace and it shows up, but it is light and it can't be opened. I also tried going under Object, then to Image Trace and the same thing.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am trying to trace MRI scans with the Adobe Illustrator trace tool. I have been experimenting with the presnts in order to get the image I want and I have an example posted on this blog: [URL] .....
My goal is to produce easier to follow drawings for audiences who are not used to seeing MRI scans and at the same time avoid any copyright violations by using somebody else's images.
As you can see it does a fair job of outlining the brain but misses a lot of gray details in the center of the image.
How to trace these details? I used to be able to do this by hand, so I think that it is probably possible.
I am using AI CS4 and Win 7. For those who have used it is the trace tool in CS6 better?
I have an exactly symmetrical geometric bitmap photoshop image (exactly symmetrical down to the pixel) which I need to convert into vector. When I import the image into illustrator and use the trace tool it does not trace both sides of the image exactly symmetrical..
Notice the trace line does not symmetrically match the bitmap.I have tried all the trace types such as 'high fidelity photo' yet it still does not trace exactly on both sides of the symmetrical image.
Is there any way to get the trace perfectly symmetrical?
I'm trying to outline an image. In photoshop, I did find edges (save), then opened the image in illustrator and did image trace. I obtained a perfectly outlined image.I can't obtain the same results using illustrator image trace alone.I've adjusted the advance settings a few times to get the same result but with no luck. Threshhold and corner settings are ok, but I'm getting more paths and noise than I want, with the settings at low/1 respectively.I also tried the gray scale setting since the image is mostly gray, expand, etc, but no dice).
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am just beginning in Ai and need to do a simple trace of this font on an old album cover. When I do the "Black and White Logo" preset on the Image Trace Panel it turns the enitre image white.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI did a live trace and it did pretty well. The image I traced was fairly simple. But I ended up with a lot of extra pieces in what should be a solid color. I've tried Select > Object > Stray points, but that didn't work. I have large area that I want to be one solid piece. Within this area, there are lots of little "pieces" that are the same color... How do I merge them all into one piece? I tried "Unite" in the pathfinder, and that didn't work, either.
In case I'm not being clear, basically, I want to do what the "smooth" function does in Photoshop... but in Illustrator.
I'm using CS6 on a Mac.
This might sound a bit odd, but the "Simple Trace" settings in CS5 were perfect for tracing my artwork for a graphic novel I'm working on. I upgraded to CS6 earlier this year but due to other issues had to take a break working on the graphic novel.
I came back today and drew the source images as I had before (in Paint Tool SAI using only black pen brush for a clean line) and then exported this to a PNG file which I then imported into Illustrator. I assumed that Default in CS6 was the same as Simple Trace in CS5, but it gives far fewer details than Simple Trace does! Is there anyway I get get the Simple Trace settings back?