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Live Trace Invert Black and White
Hi,
I’m working on a mostly black and white animation and using live trace on images in Illustrator before I start to animate them.
I was hoping to know if there was anyway to invert the black and white after running a live trace on an image, without tediously doing by hand using the Live Paint option?
For example, I’m doing one now of the Golden Gate Bridge, and by default when I live trace it, the bridge is turning out black while the sky and things is turning out white. I want the opposite to this.
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5 Replies
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maybe try exporting the pallette swatches when you make the trace. there should be just the 2 used colors swatches of black and white. double clik the black swatch and change it globally to white and globally change the white to black.
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There used to be an invert-color option. Now the ‘Recolor Object’ option is available when you select vector objects, It’s a greyed-out color wheel on the menu.
I haven’t used it, so I can’t say more.
This function looks like it might be actionable, in case you need to batch process.Just some ideas.
Vince
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I’ve found the recolor object button, but changing any options doesn’t seem to have any effect.
As for exporting the swatches before I live trace, how would I go about that?In the meantime I’ve been using the live paint option and through sheer randomness I’ve got some pretty successful results, but it is pretty random and I don’t want to be relying on it.
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under object/live trace/trace options, on the left side of the trace options tab there is a check box to export swatches. after you do the trace, double klik the black swatch it exported and globally change its color to what you want.
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Hey, thanks a million, that worked perfectly.
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