Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator Image Tracing and Live Trace Questions and Answers 3

Question 1

Which keyboard shortcut opens the Image Trace panel while a raster image is selected?

Accepted Answer

There is no default shortcut; use Window > Image Trace

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Ctrl+Shift+T / Cmd+Shift+T

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Ctrl+Alt+T / Cmd+Option+T

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F6

Question 2

What does the 'Mode' dropdown in the Image Trace panel allow you to choose?

Accepted Answer

Color, Grayscale, or Black and White tracing output

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The source file format

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The number of artboards used

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The output resolution in DPI

Question 3

How do you place a raster image into Illustrator for tracing without embedding it?

Accepted Answer

File > Place with the Link checkbox enabled

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File > Open

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File > Import

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Object > Embed Image

Question 4

Which panel shows a live preview of Image Trace results before you click Expand?

Accepted Answer

The Image Trace panel with Preview enabled

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The Appearance panel

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The Layers panel

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The Document Info panel

Question 5

After expanding a traced image, what Illustrator command would you use to remove the white background fill from all resulting paths at once?

Accepted Answer

Edit > Select Same > Fill Color, then delete

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Object > Flatten Transparency

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Object > Expand Appearance

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Filter > Colors > Invert Colors

Question 6

What does a higher 'Colors' value in the Image Trace panel produce?

Accepted Answer

More color regions and greater visual fidelity to the original image

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A smaller file size

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Fewer anchor points

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A grayscale output