For graphic design - I've learned technical things from school, more creative things from videos, quality from work, and efficiency from myself. A little of everything from everything too. Kinda cool now that you make me think about it.
Your are one of the best teachers in the Illustration and Design world to me. Thank you for all your great work. I nearly inhale all of your videos, starting out Inkscape and Gimp and now kind of professional as I study graphic design, Adobe lessons of you. Wow. Really. You are great and your explanations are perfect for studying.
Some extra tips: To drag the canvas around, use the *_SCROLL WHEEL BUTTON_* For Pen, press *_P_* For Ellipse, press *_L_* For a quick, manual selection Pathfinder, press *_SHIFT+M_* (you must already have your shapes pre-selected with Shift+click) For the Curve tool, to manually create curves from straight lines, press *_SHIFT+C_* To mirror+rotate+changing the center point of shapes, press *_O_*
I’ve struggled to get my head around imaging tracing correctly or how I want it to trace in my head, and within 5mins watching your video I’ve finally cracked it! Thanks for straight forward easily explained video!
thanks for this! I've written down my notes for easy reference image trace feature window > img trace select logo check preview in dialog box mode > black and white or color(takes longer) uncheck preview when done click trace button when happy object > expand > ok object > ungroup - do this twice delete the white stuff
Hi I am new to your channel thank you vey much for a good tutorial. could you tell me if i am to draw a pine cone, after drawing it how can i add different tones in it? will appreciate ur reply
uhm, how do I express my gratefulness... uh... maybe this will put it on point: I LOVE YOU!? ♥ Your voice is super nice and soothing, the way you explain things is absolutely easy to understand and what can I say? I AM IN LOVE!! Big THANK YOU to you, Sir.
normally i dont give reviews but maam youre amazing like i tried 2 videos on 2020 and one on 2022 but it wont work but i saw yr video today and it worked as being both content creators i respect your hard work and keep it up
Thank you for your help, this days it's difficult to come by people like you, i want you to know that my heart will never stop appreciating your generosity..
In this particular case you could just trace a straight line on the middle of logo. Making only one side, then reflecting it on vertical and creating the another side. It's twice faster.
I think this is a the best tutorial that I found for tracing Images and have a basic knowelage, all is explained and that a good strat for some one who tries Illustrator first time
Thank you so much this video was SUPER helpful! I had asked a coworker to send a logo for merchandise and they sent a super low resolution jpg. This makes my life 1000 times easier
You are wonderful! I've been trying to figure out how to turn a logo I created on Canva into a Vector for months now. Thank you so so much for this video! You absolutely just made my year!
Your instructions were brilliantly simple to follow. Worked on the first try (which isn't always the case with youtube instructors 😅). Thank you for sharing your skills.
This has just saved me from insanity, why Trace wasn't working I've just realized the Pixel Preview (View) was checked, for last couple of days! 😳 Now everything is sharp 😊 Tip; The curvature tool: you can drag around the anchor points with same tool, really good
Thank you for the great tutorial ! May I ask you why we need to ungroup twice please ? I have tried to ungroup a simple logo and sometimes it doesn't ungroup or group well.... Not too sure why. Thank you !
A 2nd shortcut for this logo is to notice the symmetry in the left & right hemispheres. This would cut the tracing time in half. Copy. Transform/Reflect. Position/Join. Also, this would insure consistancy.
This was absolutely brilliant, but it got to the end and I know nothing about illustrator, so now I need to figure out how to resize the canvas to be the same size as the image was originally, and how to save it and alls sorts 😅
Many thanks!! Do you have any video on how to edit emf file in Illustrator? I export some graphs from Stata, but I don't know how to edit them. Thanks!
How do I save a copy of my vectorized PNG after using the image tracer (which worked great), and in what format so I can use it without having to open a SVG copy in Firefox, or Illustrator ESP file?
Im here for the same qouestion - can I open this vecot file only in Ai? Or this is like a "basic'' (tamplate) and I can resize the vecor file in Ai and save as pgn file in any kind of size I want and the file dont lose the quality? Is it works like that?
Thank you, you have no idea how unintuitive it is to be able to get an auto trace to not be a filled polygon because of the expand button. I really appreciate this video!
For some reason I still don't have the bottom part of your right side menu with stroke and transparency tabs even though I followed your guides for which things to have open and which to have closed. Any tips?
Ok when you done . how can you make the same vector image that you already made to be transperant do you have any related videos ? is the making of a transperant logo method changing for a vector ?
what if I purchased a colored design and I wanted just to add font to the design would I convert it into a vector file? What size canvas and resolution px should we work with? Or even if I create my design. Thank you so much!
hey Nick, i found this tutorial very helpful since i'm a beginer with Adobe Illustrator, i pretty much got almost eveything around the image trace thing .. what i didn't get is around the " ungroup twice " thing after automatic trace .... i guess that's about seperating the traced area from it's background ... but why twice ? i'd be grateful if you could clear that up for me . thanks
We need to ungroup twice just to be sure that everything is ungrouped. As sometimes some vectors arent ungrouped, so just to be on the safe side yk. Hope it helps, have a good day :)
can i use auto trace and manual trace for one pic at the same time. For example, use auto trace to trace the lines first, then for the line that auto trace that cannot trace , I finish it with manual trace?
This has taught me more than what my professor in college is teaching me right now, I highly appreciate this!
For graphic design - I've learned technical things from school, more creative things from videos, quality from work, and efficiency from myself. A little of everything from everything too. Kinda cool now that you make me think about it.
Correct! In my college they didn't taught me this. Now i required this
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Your are one of the best teachers in the Illustration and Design world to me. Thank you for all your great work. I nearly inhale all of your videos, starting out Inkscape and Gimp and now kind of professional as I study graphic design, Adobe lessons of you. Wow. Really. You are great and your explanations are perfect for studying.
Best tutorial I've ever seen. You're actually a teacher.
I need to do this every 90 days or so and I re-watch this tutorial. At some point it'll sink in but until then, I'll keep watching!
Hey, that's what it's here for. Our external brains at work.
Some extra tips:
To drag the canvas around, use the *_SCROLL WHEEL BUTTON_*
For Pen, press *_P_*
For Ellipse, press *_L_*
For a quick, manual selection Pathfinder, press *_SHIFT+M_* (you must already have your shapes pre-selected with Shift+click)
For the Curve tool, to manually create curves from straight lines, press *_SHIFT+C_*
To mirror+rotate+changing the center point of shapes, press *_O_*
Can you tell me how to scale
How to make a selection from a pentools shape?
I’ve struggled to get my head around imaging tracing correctly or how I want it to trace in my head, and within 5mins watching your video I’ve finally cracked it! Thanks for straight forward easily explained video!
Probably one of the most useful videos in my design career. I cannot thank you enough
Blakey Don't stop making soft. I wished I started as early as you. You have a lot of years to learn!
GREAT THUMBNAIL. Just perfectly illustrative, yet clever.
thanks for this! I've written down my notes for easy reference
image trace feature
window > img trace
select logo
check preview in dialog box
mode > black and white or color(takes longer)
uncheck preview when done
click trace button when happy
object > expand > ok
object > ungroup - do this twice
delete the white stuff
Your are one of the best teachers in the Illustration and Design world to me. Excellent thanks!
Hi I am new to your channel thank you vey much for a good tutorial. could you tell me if i am to draw a pine cone, after drawing it how can i add different tones in it? will appreciate ur reply
uhm, how do I express my gratefulness... uh... maybe this will put it on point: I LOVE YOU!? ♥ Your voice is super nice and soothing, the way you explain things is absolutely easy to understand and what can I say? I AM IN LOVE!! Big THANK YOU to you, Sir.
normally i dont give reviews but maam youre amazing like i tried 2 videos on 2020 and one on 2022 but it wont work but i saw yr video today and it worked as being both content creators i respect your hard work and keep it up
Thank you for your help, this days it's difficult to come by people like you, i want you to know that my heart will never stop appreciating your generosity..
Not to overstate things but you just changed my life
You did an excellent job explaining the difference between these two approaches. Thank you!
Wow the most informative illustrator video I've ever watched THANK YOU
So easy to understand and follow, one of the most comprehensive teachers of these tools ive come across
In this particular case you could just trace a straight line on the middle of logo.
Making only one side, then reflecting it on vertical and creating the another side.
It's twice faster.
The starbucks logo istn't perfectiy symmetrical though. I would however, provide a great base to adjust and probably make it faster either way
As a newbie kindly asked:
How to so?
Getting a line in the middle and make a "copy" to the other side?
3:16 how did you separate the background from the rest? what did you click?
I think this is a the best tutorial that I found for tracing Images and have a basic knowelage, all is explained and that a good strat for some one who tries Illustrator first time
the only video that was and informative for those that already have the basic knowledge THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much this video was SUPER helpful! I had asked a coworker to send a logo for merchandise and they sent a super low resolution jpg. This makes my life 1000 times easier
great video! very informative and explanation on how to.. thankyou
THANK YOU! I was struggling and couldnt figure out how to take out the white background for the longest time!
3:26 why was it so necessary to remove the whites bckground from the logo ? just curious
You are wonderful! I've been trying to figure out how to turn a logo I created on Canva into a Vector for months now. Thank you so so much for this video! You absolutely just made my year!
Same here! And it's a video from 2020 but it is the most helpful! Thanks a lot ;)
Gee, I might actually be able to learn Illustrator with your videos. Thanks so much for your clear instructions.
Nice that's why Adobe Illustrator is the best in making a vector images
Your instructions were brilliantly simple to follow. Worked on the first try (which isn't always the case with youtube instructors 😅). Thank you for sharing your skills.
Same for me. I have tried with several instructors. This is so simple to follow
This has just saved me from insanity, why Trace wasn't working
I've just realized the Pixel Preview (View) was checked, for last couple of days! 😳 Now everything is sharp 😊
Tip; The curvature tool: you can drag around the anchor points with same tool, really good
You are a best teacher! Keep it on!
Excellent Instructional - Many thanks.
finally someone shows me how to do it effectively
You are awesome! I was able to follow along and convert my png to vector. Yours is the best tutorial out there! Thank you!
Ahhh you are a lifesaver!! Thank you so much for sharing this!
Thank you for the great tutorial ! May I ask you why we need to ungroup twice please ? I have tried to ungroup a simple logo and sometimes it doesn't ungroup or group well.... Not too sure why. Thank you !
This was excellent! You helped me finish a project for work. Many thanks!
A 2nd shortcut for this logo is to notice the symmetry in the left & right hemispheres. This would cut the tracing time in half.
Copy. Transform/Reflect. Position/Join. Also, this would insure consistancy.
Yes, trace one side, copy, paste and flip horizontal
it didnt look perfectly symmetrical to me
Yes, her eyes are not the same, and the shadow on her nose
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FINALLY, someone demonstrates it quickly and clearly. Thank you!
This was absolutely brilliant, but it got to the end and I know nothing about illustrator, so now I need to figure out how to resize the canvas to be the same size as the image was originally, and how to save it and alls sorts 😅
in the details. when you get stuck, roll back to the beginning and start over. The other weay is to focus entirely on one set of commands
Many thanks!! Do you have any video on how to edit emf file in Illustrator? I export some graphs from Stata, but I don't know how to edit them. Thanks!
Thanks for the video!
How does it work if you have a complete white logo?
Excellent tutorial. Thank you!!!
Great and useful tutorial! Thank you! That is exactly what I needed! 🙏
thank you for throwing in the alt+mousewheel tip. I was going crazy lol.
I was stuck. I found this video. I became unstuck !!! So I liked and subscribed.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT TEACHER
How do I save a copy of my vectorized PNG after using the image tracer (which worked great), and in what format so I can use it without having to open a SVG copy in Firefox, or Illustrator ESP file?
I have the same question
Im here for the same qouestion - can I open this vecot file only in Ai? Or this is like a "basic'' (tamplate) and I can resize the vecor file in Ai and save as pgn file in any kind of size I want and the file dont lose the quality? Is it works like that?
Very calm and easy to understand, easy to digest from a pedagogical aspect.
Great video, thanks for sharing the knowledge. Question, how do you save the AI file with the transparent background?
eventually it all snapped into place and I started learning how to add all the effects, titles, motion text. It was pretty cool to see my
Thank you, you have no idea how unintuitive it is to be able to get an auto trace to not be a filled polygon because of the expand button. I really appreciate this video!
Excellent Video, Everything in one.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. It's like the 3rd time that I have to check this and this video has helped me a lot. Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for this! Best video I've seen that truly helped
great video tutorial Illustrator, thanks you sharing Convert A PNG To Vector
when I go to drag the white background as seen at 3:15 it drags the whole image not just the white.
For some reason I still don't have the bottom part of your right side menu with stroke and transparency tabs even though I followed your guides for which things to have open and which to have closed. Any tips?
Fantastic video. I appreciate the expertise and how to the point the instruction is. Thank you.
Ok when you done . how can you make the same vector image that you already made to be transperant
do you have any related videos ? is the making of a transperant logo method changing for a vector ?
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I just wanna learn even more now- it looks so cool o.O
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Mind blown. You just made my job 10x easier.
TERRIFIC presentation. Thanks so much :)
Straighten and to the point. Thanks, that helped a lot.
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Great video. I did methode 1, but the colors are not the same as the png. What am I doing wrong?
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what if I purchased a colored design and I wanted just to add font to the design would I convert it into a vector file? What size canvas and resolution px should we work with? Or even if I create my design. Thank you so much!
3:09 I can't take it and bring it out of the canvas . Why it doesn't work?
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hey Nick, i found this tutorial very helpful since i'm a beginer with Adobe Illustrator, i pretty much got almost eveything around the image trace thing .. what i didn't get is around the " ungroup twice " thing after automatic trace .... i guess that's about seperating the traced area from it's background ... but why twice ? i'd be grateful if you could clear that up for me . thanks
We need to ungroup twice just to be sure that everything is ungrouped. As sometimes some vectors arent ungrouped, so just to be on the safe side yk. Hope it helps, have a good day :)
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And what you show at 3:20 it doesn't work when selecting the white elements inside the design.
Is it only about png logos, but what about sktetchs and images ? Can I manually redraw them and later match the color ?
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Thank you so much, you helped me trace my tattoo on my body from a photo, into a vector I can now use indefinitely for branding/marketing.
can i use auto trace and manual trace for one pic at the same time. For example, use auto trace to trace the lines first, then for the line that auto trace that cannot trace , I finish it with manual trace?
Yeah there's no reason you can't do that.
Do auto trace on layer two. Manual on layer three then when you're happy merge layers.
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Is there anyway to get it back to png without losing the sharpness? Like if I’m using it for a logo for printing a tshirt.
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