Illustrator Tutorial: Live Trace -HD-

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use live trace in Illustrator CS5 to create vector graphics from raster images.

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[JMacTucker]

Gotta give a big thanks for this tutorial. I was quick and right to the point. Helped out a lot for a project I'm working on.

[maxcohen]

Nice tutorial – quick and to the point.
Thanks!

[RCGTutorials]

Yes, you should be able to select everything and drag it into Photoshop. You could also save it as a .eps file and open it with Photoshop.

[mainframe]

Dude, this is very clear! thanks a lot, i would give you 1000 points

[RodasBee]

Thanks for sharing :) I have always found it complex to do so. And can you transfer this to photoshop without it being rasterised?

[BobSmith-injs]

RCG- Once you've created the traced and expanded graphic (and maybe moved it to it's own layer), how do you *delete/remove* the original graphic from the artboard?

[Ravewander]

Does anyone know whether this would work with illustrations? (I know I could use the pen tool), but for the kind of illustration that it is, (ornamental, environmental typography which contains lots of leaves within each letterform and vines that twist round), using the pen tool would take ages. 

[pencilgun]

How do you export the vectorized image for printing? :-)

[youngtusk]

I am using Live Trace to make a vector version of a TIF logo a client sent me. It creates so many vectors! Is this okay for printing or is it better to leave the image as a bit mapped image since it is only going on a little business card?

[lasermarkingstudio]

Why i dun have livetrace option, what is the shortcut key?

[pencilgun]

This is not too much different from CS3 right?