Live Trace in Adobe Illustrator is a automated and a quick way to easily convert any bitmap or raster image into vector graphic. A lot of raster images or logos have a white background and most of the time when you live trace, you only need the image with transparent background. So in this tip, I will quickly show how you can easily do away with white background using "Ignore White" command.
Just to show you a example, lets use this Shopping bag image from sxc.hu. Open a new document and place the image, File > Place in Illustrator.
Next press on the Live Trace button on the option bar and click on Tracing option dialog as shown in the image below.
In the dialog box choose the settings that you prefer,(I just choosed Photo High Fidelity for Preset and all other settings to default) now, click the checkbox ON for Ignore White as shown in the image below. Remember to check the Preview button to see the changes.
If checked, the Ignore White checkbox allows users to decide whether Illustrator shall leave/omit the areas that include white transparent and if unchecked they shall be filled in with white.
Click on the Trace button when you're done. And here is your image without the white background. Below I have added a blue gradient n the background, just to show you that now you have your vector shopping bag without the white background.
Illustrator Tip: How to Remove White Background in Live Trace
28 November 2009
Posted by dezign Musings at 12:44 PM Twit This
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20 comments:
Thanks for sharing this tip. Really useful. :) Now I know how to remove white background in live trace.
Oridusartic, Always a pleasure, glad it is useful. :)
Thank You! I spent two days trying to accomplish this task using about 5 other methods. Thank U Xx2. :) I knew there was a simpler answer, but could not figure it out.
@icucreate: Hurray! So glad it was useful. :)
this is awesome, but it deletes the white in my jpeg as well, not just the background.
Thank you soooo much! This has been the only helpful advice I have found on this issue.
omg u r my hero!!... i just spent hours trying to figure this out!!!
This was beyond helpful. I was viewing other sites where I first had to take out the background in Photoshop. Simple solutions are best. Thank you!
You just made my day!!
Thank you so much for sharing this!!
That's great and all, But what if you have CS2. I don't see an Ignore white option. What do you do beside upgrade your CS program?
Thank you! This was really bugging me, and I can't believe how easy of a fix it was
Thank you tremendously!! This is the only thing I have found that works!
nice explanation...
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Thank you for the instruction above, I am just leaning illustrator, I tried this on a more complex image of a plant, but it has finished as a silhouette but I don't know what I did wrong?
I just worked it out, I needed to change Black and White to colour.
Awesome job solved the shit i was in from a long time...!! :) :)
Thanks much for showing us the direction. Two Thumbs up
Thank you! After a lot of searching for the answer, I finally found your very helpful, clear and effective response to this!
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