The Shaper Trace tool is so simple but also incredibly helpful that I have to scratch my head and question if it’s too good to be true. The idea is simple: Trace turns sketches into vector files in ...

This tutorial shows you how to vectorize an image using Illustrator. Many of us just view all images as the same, nothing particularly different. Until we are working with images in a project and the ...

Adobe Illustrator’s Live Trace feature is a phenomenal way to transform a raster image into a vector image—or to put it more plainly—to turn a photograph into a drawing. Placing a raster image into ...

Converting pixelated images to vector images used to be a hassle, but a new online tool from students at Stanford University makes the entire process a breeze. Peter is a writer and editor for the ...

Illustrator is a popular Adobe application for creating vector graphics, one of the two main forms of computer graphics. Unlike bitmap images, vector graphics are mathematically generated and retain ...

You can use Adobe Illustrator to create vector paths from bitmapped and rasterized images made of pixels that lose clarity when enlarged. These pixelated formats ...