Adobe Illustrator Image Trace Tutorial For the Real World

While there are a couple dozen other tutorials out there that will walk you through every single detail of the Image trace panel I wanted to focus on the 2 most frequent uses I came across when working with clients.

We'll look at converting a color png graphic and a black and white logo. I'll also include a few tips and tricks along the way.

Let me know in the comments what you think about the new format.

[Ricardosanchez]

Always jump straight to the tutorial, Great video amigo. Excelent voice you have there too, very clear and easy to understand.

[sfowler]

Oh my word. BEST tutorial on this I've ever seen. Thank you SO MUCH. I finally, finally got this to work for me the easy way. Glory hallelujah. Great work!

[lynncobb]

OMGosh! Thank you so much. I needed to trace my own logo to modify it slightly. I should looked you up yesterday instead of wasting hours trying to do it myself. This is a wonderful tool. I liked how you just jumped into the tutorial too :))

[elodied.s]

Love the tips for image trace. Easy to understand and follow the instructions. I’ll definitely try it on my own now

[JohnRineyIII]

Watched this video just to find out that you had to press "Expand" of all things to actually vectorize. Adobe is so ridiculously obtuse :) Thank you!

[robjollie]

It's the small details explained that I really appreciate. Thank you!

[pointsomethin]

image trace> expand> change olour

[NalaandDes]

Wow. Supacolor team sent me here. I’ve watched numerous of videos. Your information is so detailed about image tracing

[luckystar]

Hi @mikepickett thank you for this tutorial. I was looking how to be proficient with the image tracing tool, and I found your tutorial very useful. Thank you for your video.

[KordTaylor]

👏Thank you for your great video. It was super helpful.

[TuneMeIn]

Your video is honestly amazing and you deserve way more recognition! I've been playing around with image trace for a while and the video has definitely helped me build a better understanding of how to use it. Thanks heaps 😉

[taniaheyes]

I am constantly having to use image trace for logos I can't locate as vectors. Even when I get a decent resolution the trace looks terrible. I'm amazed you are able to get it so accurate!

[jackkyle]

Thank you I have looked for just this tutorial. Well done.

[majkimajk]

It was my first lesson. Thank you brother

[kennethmeyernl]

I just subscribed to your channel. I have to create a complicated logo design, and i'm not a graphic designer 🤯. Tomorrow i will use this tutorial to help me out.

[celocelocelocelo]

Great video, helped a lot. thank you!

[KynzzJewelryCoOnEtsy]

You could do Joe Rogan vocal impersonations! Thanks for the video! It gave me exactly what I needed

[deemack]

Great stuff! The only video I came across that made it simple! Thanks! New Sub!

[marcelbednar]

Hello. Is it possible to reduce the number of nodes with a slider in Illustrator?

[evelinrim]

Great tutorial, thank you! I am wondering, why sometimes Image Trace doesn't work out well? I get many customers who don't have vectorized logos, but I struggle to understand why some logos (usually more detailed) become blurry, letters become rounded/blended and doesnt trace well? Is it down to the png/jpeg resolution? Or is the problem with me not having enough skills to image trace it properly? I end up rebuilding their logo from scratch, is that common I wonder?