Unless you’ve got a logo or picture that only uses black and white, Default is probably not the option you’d like.

By default, when Illustrator traces an image it will turn your image into a black and white image. If you click the Default option, there’s probably going to be some problems.

When you click on one, Illustrator will begin to trace your image and turn it into a vector-based image. Near the top you should see a bar that says Image on the far left and something like: Embedded…Transparent RGB… PPI: … Unembed… Edit Original… Image Trace… Mask… Opacity… etc.Ĭlick the little arrow next to the dialogue box that says “Image Trace.” A drop down menu should appear with a few options, these control how Illustrator handles the colors in your image. To do so click on your image to select it, and make sure a box shows up around it. psd in Illustrator, we are ready to change this baby into a vector image. If not, choose Flatten Layers to a Single Image. psd you just finished saving in Photoshop and click open.Ī window should pop up labeled “Photoshop Import Options.” In it are three options: Convert Layers to Objects, Flatten Layers to a Single Image, and Import Hidden Layers.

Now that we’ve prepped our file, go ahead and open Illustrator and go to File>Open. When you’ve managed your layers and flattened your image, go ahead and File>Save As so that way you still have your original file and this new one you wish to convert. It’s a good idea to flatten your image as well before transferring. If you have any layers that you don’t want to be in the image when you convert, delete or hide them. I have recently discovered a simple way to convert your raster-based images to a vector-based image in less than five minutes!įirst, pull up your image in Photoshop. My searches always brought up someone proclaiming that such a thing is impossible to accomplish, or I would find a twenty-page paper that would explain (poorly) how to do it. I don’t know about anyone else, but there have been plenty of times when I’ve wanted to convert something I’ve made in Photoshop to a vector image, but I never knew how.

Sketch to vector illustrator