Convert A PNG To Vector with Adobe Illustrator
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Published 2020-10-12
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:35 Workflow Setup
00:56 Import Your PNG/Image
01:23 Method 1: Auto Tracing
03:58 Method 2: Manual Tracing
10:24 Conclusion
Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
All Comments (21)
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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.
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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!
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This has taught me more than what my professor in college is teaching me right now, I highly appreciate this!
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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
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FINALLY, someone demonstrates it quickly and clearly. Thank you!
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Your are one of the best teachers in the Illustration and Design world to me. Excellent thanks!
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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
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This video was super helpful for my design work. Really appreciate the clear and no fluf tutorial with multiple options. Thank you.🙂
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So easy to understand and follow, one of the most comprehensive teachers of these tools ive come across
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You did an excellent job explaining the difference between these two approaches. Thank you!
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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!
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This tutorial was very helpful and easy to understand. Thank you so much!
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THANK YOU! I was struggling and couldnt figure out how to take out the white background for the longest time!
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Thank you!! This was my first time cracking open Illustrator since I got my student access to Adobe, and you had exactly the info I needed.
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Thank you for your complete and comprehensive training. Very good!
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Thank you so much for this video! I was able to learn something new within 4 mins of this video! Ive been making "vector" files the wrong way for so long till I landed on this video! Thanks Nick!
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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!
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Probably one of the most useful videos in my design career. I cannot thank you enough
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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
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THANK YOU!!! I have been searching so long and your short and very helpful shows up. Strong work!!!
