Then click Ungroup on the interactive toolbar. Using the Pick tool, select your trace.Then, on the interactive toolbar, click Send to back.Holding down the Shift key, drag the corner of your rectangle toward the center of the logo until the rectangle becomes a perfect circle. Click on the Shape tool in the left toolbar.Holding down the Shift key, double-click the Rectangle tool on the left toolbar, creating a rectangle around your logo. To improve the circular edge around our logo, follow these steps: In this case, the outer circle needs some improvement. Now select your trace and hit Shift+P to center it. Select the original JPEG and hit Delete on your keyboard. To exit wireframe mode, go back into the dropdown and select Enhanced. If you go to the View Modes dropdown menu on the interactive toolbar and switch to Wireframe, you can see the vector lines created by PowerTRACE. If it is not right, you can trace your original image again with a higher detail setting. Use the Pick tool to drag them side by side for comparison. View your vector imageĬlick OK to finish your trace and exit the PowerTRACE window.īack on the page, your trace will lie on top of your original JPEG. Then drag the color to pure white and hit OK. Select the color and click the Edit button to change it to pure white. In our case, the two whites merged into a slightly off-white. Then click the Merge button to merge all objects of those colors into a single color that is the average of the colors you selected. To consolidate similar colors manually, hold the Control key and click to select multiple colors. If you click on a color from the list, your traced image preview will show diagonal lines through areas of that color to indicate it is selected. Lowering the Number of Colors will cause the program to prioritize the more prevalent colors, combining similar colors. For example, if you create this file for print, you would change it to CMYK. Use Color Mode to change your color space if necessary. Select the Colors tab in the right panel. Delete the original after you create your traceĬlick Delete Original to remove the original JPEG from your document once you create your trace.īonus tip: Hold onto the original image in case your preliminary trace does not turn out perfect, and you need to retrace the original image 6. For instance, if you have six total colors, you will also have six object groups when you are done creating your trace. Next, click “Group by color” to group all objects of the same color. Then, click Remove Overlap to delete parts of objects hidden by overlapping objects. Merge the adjacent objects of the same color within your trace. To remove that color from the entire image, not just the background, select Color from the entire image under the Remove dropdown. Then hold the Shift key while clicking each area of the background that needs to be removed. To remove your background manually, check Specify, click the color selector, and click the Eyedropper.
The gray and white checkerboard behind your traced image represents transparency, indicating that the background has been removed. The Remove dropdown will default be set to Background Color, with Automatically checked. This is particularly helpful in bringing definition to the text in your image.īonus tip: In the Preview dropdown on the top left, switch to Wireframe Overlay to view edge details. Then, drag the Corner Smoothness slider to adjust the sharpness of your corners. Next, drag the Smoothing slider to adjust edge smoothness. In the Settings panel, drag the Detail slider until your trace resembles your original image. The original JPEG image will appear on top in the Trace Bitmap window, with the traced image on the bottom. (You can also access the tracing tools through the Bitmap menu or by right-clicking on the selected image.) Then, on the interactive toolbar, click Trace Bitmap and choose Outline Trace > Logo. Centerline Trace: Used for more complex illustrations with many lines.įirst, select the logo with the Pick tool.Outline Trace: Used for images with clearly-defined shapes.Quick Trace: Automatically selects the most recently used tracing tool (or the tool you configure in Preferences > CorelDRAW > PowerTRACE).
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