Adobe Illustrator - Quick Tracing Outlines without the Pen Tool

[@reppinhoopers]

This tutorial is so extremely helpful, getting my artwork ready for screen printing!
Thank you so much

[@mrgillmypdesign]

You are very welcome!

[@NilexRacing]

Dope. I've been trying to mess around with an image and I was just not able to get rid of the edge line. The tutorial helped immensely :)

[@NiazMohammad]

exactly what i was looking for. Thanks a lot Gill.

[@ya__basic]

You explain so well. Keep it up!

[@Lamees_4]

Thank you so much!!!!
You explained evey single thing you did, thanks for that!

[@yasirfirojzargar3032]

Thank you very much it helped me a lot... Great work keep updating more tricks and tips...

[@mrgillmypdesign]

Thanks. Happy it helped.

[@xenleah]

Perfect tutorial, thanks!

[@Ruridesuuu]

Thank u a lot, thats what ive been searching.

[@highshinedetailinggraphics5621]

Brilliant 👍👍👍

[@smithart101]

superb, clear tutorial, cheers mate!

[@jay2the]

finally! just what i was looking for! thanks!

[@triananamina4841]

Thanks for helping me with this video! Keep it up!

[@mrgillmypdesign]

Happy it helped.

[@yokanshree4621]

I was looking for this everywhere

[@pasionautomotriz5222]

I truly thank you a lot sir!!

[@remtt]

ayoo that was super quick and understandable. thank you very much!

[@SandraKrcmar]

Fantastic! Very helpful! Many thanks!

[@blackwolf7218]

Such an excellent video.... thanks for helping us.

[@mrgillmypdesign]

Thanks for the comment. Happy it helped.

[@kedumetsekgomo4958]

amazing teacher, thanks.

[@heatguns21]

great explanation simply said thx !

[@athariadibisma6828]

OMG thanks a lot!! It works perfectly!

[@__burcangijo]

thank u!

[@luigybello9747]

Excellent

[@thelegaloccupier]

Thanks 👍

[@onlyaninja96]

THANK YOU

[@shivamlotusway]

thank you so much

[@mrgillmypdesign]

You're welcome!

[@ashishrajdeo4695]

thanks for helping

[@jacquelinemarkham5725]

How do you get rid of the blue lines to show original coloring?

[@yokanshree4621]

Hello I want to know if you can change the default to trace to a different color instead of white after u finish tracing instead of going to fill them and select the color you want

[@inezmonheim564]

I love you

[@emb9029]

when i trace, its trace also inside photo
too , what can i do

[@SugathAbeyrathna-oj7ku]

Thanks ??

[@juliemasterson465]

yeah but can you do this from a photo of a sketch?

[@mrgillmypdesign]

I haven't tried but I think the quality of a photograph would cause problems with Illustrator's ability to detect the lines clearly. I would trace over a photographed sketch manually using the pen tool. This will be time consuming if the image you want to trace is as detailed as the one in this video though.

[@yacinejulian6678]

It's not perfect because the whites will be outlined and you'll have doubles and the laser will do the job twice and probably the result won't be what you are looking for. "tick the ignore white box in image tracing menu" or use the Magic Wand to select and remove all the whites. Thanks for sharing.

[@followthetrend168]

Hey I can't see this option in 2021 can you please help.

[@yacinejulian6678]

click on advanced to expend that menu and you'll find it @@followthetrend168

[@CandaceChira1]

That list didn't come up when I hit image trace. Ugh.

[@mrgillmypdesign]

For 2023 versions of Illustrator, click Image Trace and from the new menu that appears, select the type of image from 'Presets'. It's the exact same list of options.

[@anthonyventimiglia4157]

Criticism: Your image was too easy. Try doing the same with an actual photograph. You will not get the same results.

[@mrgillmypdesign]

It's not intended for use with a photograph. Illustrator is best for working with vector images. You can try to trace around parts of a photo with the pen tool but it may be very time consuming if the image you want to trace is very detailed.