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How To Trace An Image To Vector with Illustrator | Color and Monotone

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In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to trace and image to vector with Illustrator, both in color and in monotone. For this lesson I’ll be using the Image Trace feature in Adobe Illustrator, which allows us to make auto tracings of images as opposed to manually tracing them with something like the Pen Tool. If you want to learn more about logo design, be sure to check out my Logo Design Academy - an interactive 18-part video course where you will learn my entire creative process for coming up with logo ideas and implementing them: https://logosbynick.com/learn/ Need a logo? Check out my portfolio and hire me at: https://www.logosbynick.com Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission

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How To Trace An Image To Vector with Illustrator | Color and Monotone

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2020Aug 18

make a simple monotone tracing of this image

0:58

remove the saturation

1:14

make this a black and white or grayscale

1:48

darkening the dark areas of the image

2:12

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How To Trace An Image To Vector with Illustrator | Color and Monotone

Key moments View all

make a simple monotone tracing of this image

make a simple monotone tracing of this image

make a simple monotone tracing of this image

remove the saturation

remove the saturation

remove the saturation

make this a black and white or grayscale

make this a black and white or grayscale

make this a black and white or grayscale

darkening the dark areas of the image

darkening the dark areas of the image

darkening the dark areas of the image

select the image

select the image

select the image

toggle the preview on

toggle the preview on

toggle the preview on

adjust all of these settings

adjust all of these settings

adjust all of these settings

select the different parts of the image

select the different parts of the image

select the different parts of the image

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How To Trace An Image To Vector with Illustrator | Color and Monotone

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Key moments

make a simple monotone tracing of this image

make a simple monotone tracing of this image

make a simple monotone tracing of this image

remove the saturation

remove the saturation

remove the saturation

make this a black and white or grayscale

make this a black and white or grayscale

make this a black and white or grayscale

darkening the dark areas of the image

darkening the dark areas of the image

darkening the dark areas of the image

select the image

select the image

select the image

toggle the preview on

toggle the preview on

toggle the preview on

adjust all of these settings

adjust all of these settings

adjust all of these settings

select the different parts of the image

select the different parts of the image

select the different parts of the image

delete these unwanted areas

delete these unwanted areas

delete these unwanted areas

make a color tracing

make a color tracing

make a color tracing

choose a different setting

choose a different setting

choose a different setting

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Key moments View all

make a simple monotone tracing of this image

make a simple monotone tracing of this image

make a simple monotone tracing of this image

remove the saturation

remove the saturation

remove the saturation

make this a black and white or grayscale

make this a black and white or grayscale

make this a black and white or grayscale

darkening the dark areas of the image

darkening the dark areas of the image

darkening the dark areas of the image

Design Made Simple

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Key moments

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