Vectorizing with Trace Bitmap
Sometimes, we have images that we’d like to convert to vector shapes. This might take the form of a logo file that a client wants resized, recolored, or edited in various ways, but they only have it in a .png or a .jpg format (you would be surprised how often this happens).
Fortunately, you have all the tools you need to reproduce the logo in a proper vector .svg format, but before you break out the tools that you’ve learned about for your next project, there’s one that may very well save a lot of manual reconstructing. That’s the Trace Bitmap function!
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- What is Trace Bitmap?
- Vectorizing to black with the Single scan tab
- Vectorizing to color shapes
- Tracing parts of a bitmap with the Fill Bucket tool
