It's called Image Trace and it comes with a range of presets that do most of the work automatically. Broadly speaking, you should use the Image Trace preset that most closely resembles the type of image you're converting, as each one produces different results.
To get started, open your image in Illustrator and select it to activate the image options. These options should be present at the top of your Illustrator window. Click the dropdown arrow next to Image Trace to select your Preset. We'll be using Low Fidelity Photo. Click it to begin tracing.
Once you click the button, your image will go through the tracing process automatically. You'll notice several changes to your image, but overall it should remain much the same. For example, the following is a closeup of our image before the tracing process. While much of the detail has been stripped from the original image, the traced version appears much sharper. You'll note the color shapes do not pixelate no matter how close the image is zoomed.
Zoomed out, the image should look virtually the same. Here is our overall image before editing:. While the top image may appear sharper in some instances, the quality of our vectorized image is still pretty impressive.
Once you've traced the image, open the Image Trace panel from the Window menu to fine-tune the conversion. Select Mode to switch between color, grayscale, and black and white. Also, drag the Colors slider left to simplify your vector image, or right to add more detail. If you're happy with your settings and want to reuse them, click the Manage Presets button next to the Presets option.
You can now save your settings as a new Preset. Your image has now been ordered into colored shapes fitting the original raster image. In order to finish your vector, you'll need to separate these color groups to edit them. To do so, select your traced image and click on the Expand button on the top of the window. This will allow you to view the composite shapes which make up the vector image. Each of the shapes is outlined in blue. Next, right-click the image and select Ungroup in the menu.
Make sure that this layer is at the back of all the other layers. Then we can select the outline of the Coliseum and pick the second color looking at the color scheme from left to right. For the inside area of the arches, we will use the gradient to fill them. Now we can move to fill the pillars with color, as well as the rest of the details. Keep in mind the shadows and lights of the original image as a reference. Now, your vector illustration is ready for any design project, or to upload to Adobe Stock.
How to Vectorize an Image There are a few ways to vectorize an image. First off, we need to select our base image or photo. Trace an image. Open or place a raster image in your Illustrator document. With the placed image selected, do one of the following:.
Illustrator converts the image to black and white tracing result by default. Click the Image Trace button in the Control panel or the Properties panel, or select a preset from the Tracing Presets button. For details, see Specify tracing options Preset. Choose a preset from the Preset drop-down menu. Specify the tracing options. For details, see Specify tracing options. In the Image Trace panel, enable Preview to see the results of your modifications.
The resolution of your placed image determines the speed of the tracing. Specify tracing options. Basic controls. Name of the preset. Creates a posterized image from photo or artwork. High Color. Creates photorealistic artwork of high fidelity.
Low Color. Creates simplified photorealistic artwork. Traces the artwork to shades of gray. Black And White. Simplifies the image to black-and-white artwork. Simplifies the image to black outlines. Additional presets are accessible in the top drop-down menu. The following color settings appear based on the settings in the Mode option:. You can choose one of the following options:.
Click the Swatch Libraries Menu icon on the lower-left of the Swatches panel. Alternatively, choose Open Swatch Library from the panel menu. Choose a library from the list. For details, see Use swatch libraries. Explore the many public color themes available in the Explore tab or create your own color themes.
Then, add the selected color theme to the Swatches panel. For details, see Use the Adobe Color Themes panel. Advanced controls. Specifies an area in pixels that is ignored while tracing. A higher value results in less noise. Specifies a method for tracing. Creates stacked paths. Each path slightly overlaps its neighbor. Creates filled regions in the tracing result.
Creates stroked paths in the tracing result. Snap Curves To Lines. Ignore White. Specifies if white fills areas are replaced with no fills.
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