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[Illustrator] - Live Trace help!



 
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Old September 30th, 2009 Sep 30, 2009 8:02:33 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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Default Live Trace help!

First off I am an all out photoshop guy, I have some real simple logos that I wanted to convert to vector so I open up Ai CS4 and decide to try the Live trace out....

It always takes my straight lines and makes them a bit wavy and I have no idea if I'm even doing this right.

If i could send the psd to someone maybe someone could help out please?
 
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Old September 30th, 2009 Sep 30, 2009 8:07:35 PM -   #2 (permalink)
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Have you done anything with the settings in the preset options panel? This is where you can control how it traces. I use it quite a bite and love it. If you need further help let me know, I'll see what I can do.
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Have you done anything with the settings in the preset options panel? This is where you can control how it traces. I use it quite a bite and love it. If you need further help let me know, I'll see what I can do.
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Yeah i've messed around with presets to no avail....i really don't know what im doing. help would be great!
 
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Old October 1st, 2009 Oct 1, 2009 12:52:17 AM -   #5 (permalink)
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Live Trace works best with high resolution files, low res tend to end up wavy.
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Old October 2nd, 2009 Oct 2, 2009 5:40:25 PM -   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Live Trace help!

If the logos are simple as you say, why can't you just bring the PS files in as templates and redraw them?
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If the logos are simple as you say, why can't you just bring the PS files in as templates and redraw them?
I've never used Illustrator so I really don't know how it operates and what it's capabilities are. So I will have to look into redrawing then.
 
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When I have to trace simple images I just use the pen tool and then color it in with live paint.
 
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Live Trace is good when you have a high resolution image without crazy gradients or anything.

The best way to make something simple into a vector is to just use the pen tool and draw it out manually. It'll give you more control and you won't have any artifacts and weird **** like you do with Live Trace.
 
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