Illustrator Tracing

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CONVERTING BITMAP SCANS TO VECTORS IN ILLUSTRATOR CS3 USING LIVETRACE

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2. Open or place a file to use as the source image for the tracing.

3. With the source image selected, do one of the following:W

To set tracing options before you trace the image

0 - click the Tracing Presets and Options button in the Control panel, and

choose Tracing Options.

1 - Alternatively, choose Object > Live Trace > Tracing Options. Set tracing

options, and then click Trace.oo

To trace the image using the default tracing optionsT

- click Live Trace in the Control panel, or choose Object > Live Trace >

Make.MM

To trace the image using a tracing presetT

- click the Tracing Presets and Options button in the Control panel, and

select a preset.ss

To make your own tracing preset

- choose Edit > Tracing Presets


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RECORDING AN ACTION IN ILLUSTRATOR

4. Open a file.

5. In the Actions palette, click the Create New Action button , or choose New Action

from the Actions palette menu.6. Enter an action name and select an action set

7. Click Begin Recording. The Begin Recording button in the Actions palette turns

red . Important: When recording the Save As command, do not change the

filename. If you enter a new filename, that new name is recorded and used

each time you run the action. Before saving, if you navigate to a different

folder, you can specify a different location without having to specify a

filename.

8. Perform the operations and commands you want to record. Not all tasks in actions

can be recorded directly; however, you can insert most nonrecordable tasks

using commands in the Actions palette menu.

NOTE: Tracing must be done via the Object > Live Trace > Make command to

appear in the recorded actions. Using the button on the Control Panel doesnt work.

To stop recording, either click the Stop Playing/Recording button, or choose Stop

Recording from the Actions palette menu.


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TO APPLY AN ACTION TO A BATCH OF FILES IN A FOLDER IN ILLUSTRATOR CS3

9. Choose Batch from the Actions panel menu.

10. For Play, select the action you want to play.

11. For Source, choose the folder on which to play the action, or select DataSets to play the action on each data set in the current file. If you

select a folder, you can set additional options for playing the action.

12. For Destination, specify what you want to do with the processed files. You

can leave the files open without saving the changes (None), save and

close the file in their current location (Save And Close), or save the

files to a different location (Folder). Depending on the Destination

option you select, you can set additional options for saving the files.

13. Specify how you want Illustrator to handle errors during the batch process.

If you select Log Errors To File, click Save As, and name the error file.

Click OK.

- Saving files using the Batch command options always saves the files in the

same format as the original files. To create a batch process that saves files in

a new format, record the Save As or Save A Copy command, followed by the

Close command, as part of your original action. Then choose None for the

Destination when setting up the batch process.

- To batch-process using multiple actions, create a new action, and record

the Batch command for each action you want to use. This technique also letsyou process multiple folders in a single batch. To batch-process multiple

folders, create aliases within a folder to the other folders you want to

process.


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TO USE BRIDGE TO BATCH PROCESS TRACING IN ILLUSTRATOR CS3

- Make your own tracing preset in Illustrator

- Select the folder containing your bitmap scans in Bridge

- Choose Tools > Illustrator > Live Trace

- Select a destination folder

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Illustrator Tracing