complex vector

[Johnny25479112797r]

I am currently working on an image i turned into a vector to laser engrave but when i expand the image there are thousands of lines and i have no idea how to clean it up. everything i try fails. please help!

[Kurt Gold]

What have you tried so far? What failed and why did it fail.

Can you share your Illustrator file for inspection?

[Monika Gause]

Please show us something. We need to know where the lines are and what you expect to happen.

[Ton Frederiks]

When in the Image Trace panel, you can change the number of Paths to a low percentage.

After Expanding you can use Object > Path > Simplify

But the best control you have is using the Pen tool to trace the image.

[Johnny25479112797r]

its my stepsons graduation from Ft Jackson im trying to engrave on a tumbler.....not trying to be perfect but i just cant clean it up

[Johnny25479112797r]

it wouldnt let me upload the svg or ai files where i am working on it

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

You cannot engrave in color.

So you first might want to get this to black and white in an image editing application.

[Johnny25479112797r]

yeah im new to this so its gonna be a fun learning phase lol