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Anonymous
May 8, 2017
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Image Trace is Scratchy

  • May 8, 2017
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So, I copied and pasted a flattened artwork from Photoshop to Illustrator, image traced it and expanded it, and it looks scratchy. I saved it as a PDF and it looks like it normally should, without any scratchy lines but I need to see what I'm working on. This is the newest version of Illustrator 2017. My user was switched so I lost all my settings.

Many thanks in advance!

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    Correct answer Ton Frederiks

    Maybe caused by GPU preview?

    Try to switch between GPU and CPU preview; Cmd E (or Ctrl E on Win).

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    Eternal Warrior
    Eternal Warrior
    Inspiring
    May 8, 2017

    Hard to advise you as we don't know your preview settings, your image trace settings, or much else.

    As Ton Frederiks pointed out:

    If it's displaying as expected in PDF it could just be the Preview mode you are using in Illustrator.

    Best,

    EW

    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    May 8, 2017

    Maybe caused by GPU preview?

    Try to switch between GPU and CPU preview; Cmd E (or Ctrl E on Win).

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    Anonymous
    May 9, 2017

    Sorry for the lack of information, I rarely use Illustrator. Pressing ctrl E solved it for me, thanks very much!

      Ton Frederiks
      Community Expert
      Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 9, 2017

      Glad that helped.

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