You will notice anchor points and paths appear on your image, allowing you to edit the shape. Now, you can activate the Direct Selection Tool ( A). This step ungroups each of the objects so you can edit them separately. Once the image is expanded, you can go to Object > Ungroup or use the shortcut Shift + Control + G on Windows and Shift + Command + G on Mac. This process adds outlines to the shape, allowing you to edit them. To edit the logo, you need to go to Object > Expand. Once you are happy with your settings, click Trace to convert the image.

You can also add more or less noise to the result. You can make the corners sharper or rounder. These options include increasing the path amount if you want to edit the logo more precisely. You can adjust more settings under the Advanced tab. Move the slider left or right to decrease or increase the threshold value. Any pixels darker than the threshold value will be converted to black. Next, adjust the Threshold as needed for your logo. Since I want to convert the logo to be editable and black and white, I will change the following settings. If none of these options work for you, or if you want more customization options, you can manually adjust the settings. These options work if you don’t need too much customization.Ĭlick on the drop-down menu to view the preset options. First, you can select a preset to quickly trace the image using the default settings for the preset. There are multiple settings and options to choose from, so I’ll just show you the essential ones. Now that your image is selected, you can adjust the settings in the Image Trace panel. If the options are greyed out, your photo isn’t selected.Īctivate the Selection Tool from the toolbar or press V. The Image Trace panel opens next to the image. Once the image is open in Illustrator, go to Window > Image Trace. Tracing A Logoįor the logo, I will convert the JPEG version of the dog’s paw from Freepik to a vector. I am going to show you the technique using a full-color image as well as a simple logo.

The best images to convert to vector using this method are photos with few colors and strong lines.

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