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Live Trace with Transparent Background?
I have a PNG created in Photoshop with a transparent background. The problem is when I use Live Trace in Illustrator it creates a white background. I have tried using the direct Direct Selection tool to remove the white background but this causes portions of the image to be removed also. Is there anyway to stop Live Trace from creating the white background? or perhaps there is another workaround? It is quite frustrating.
Thanks
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Maybe after you trace, do Object / Expand.
Then click on the white with the direct select tool.
Then Select / Same / Fill Color, and delete.Vince
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Well I tried that but it deleted all of the white in the image. Maybe I am going about this wrong? I am trying to turn a photo into comic-style, but it must be vector. I thought the Live Trace would be adequate but I guess I need to find another way. If you or anyone else reading this could point me in the right direction that would be great. Thanks so much.
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Maybe try adding a key color layer under the main layer of the PNG, before opening it in Illustrator. Like pure RGB green, or any color that is not in the image.
Then delete that color from the expanded trace.Vince
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Ok I tried that also but when I use the Live Trace feature, it turns the photo to black and white (which is what I want), but then the background is white also which results in portions of the image being deleted along with the background, as before.
Can I remove the background in Photoshop after using Live Trace and still keep it as a vector image?
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Any chance you could upload your image?
Vince
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You are surely doing something wrong. As you can see the image below, it was just a simple live trace. The result is a black and white image, where I selected to make the white transparent, thereby placing a red rectangle behind the traced image making it red. But I could’ve colored the rectangle with any color (including white) if I wanted.
Tracing Options dialog settings. Only the “Ignore White” checkbox is important. Other settings don’t affect the background.
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Just to clarify, I am trying to do a Live Trace without the added white background, or removing the white background without removing the white portions of the image.
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Well, that’s even simpler. You do a color trace. That will preserve the transparency. Then you export it to PS and change it to B&W.
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