After Live Trace in Illustrator, I can't figure out how to change some of the lines' color
After Live Trace in Illustrator, I can't figure out how to change some of the lines' color
Question
I auto traced an image and am trying to change the color of all the black lines and sections to brown, but some of the lines I can't change with the Paint Bucket tool (because it fills in a large section of white instead). Is there a way I can change these lines' color? If not, what should I do differently when applying Live Trace so that such lines don't exist?
2014/04/09
Popular Answer
The best way to handle auto traced images in Illustrator is to expand
them and then color the images.
I typically do the following:
- Select the entire image: Choose
Objects > Expand
to break the image into individual pieces. - Use the
Direct Selection Tool (A)
to select the white chunks, delete the white - Group the remaining bits (all the colored parts)
- Change the fill color for the entire image at once.
2014/04/09