How do I create transparency after tracing an image and expanding

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Hello,I have a problem I hope you can help me with.I am creating a vector of Insects based on scanned books. I started by cleaning them up and making them transparent in Photoshop and saving them as a PNG file.I also wanted to turn the PNG into a Vector using image trace, then expand to later save as an EPS file.After tracing and expanding the PNG file I get the result as you can see below. I understand why it has happened but what I would like to know is how to remove the white area to make it transparent without leaving a black space as you can see in the second image when I delete the white vector shape, making it completely transparent and only leaving the black outline.I hope that makes sense and any feedback would be much appreciated.Kind regards,James

John Mensinger · Accepted Answer

Two things:When you run the trace, make sure "Ignore White" is selected.If it was selected, and you still got the result shown above, then after expanding, you could try this:Select a white-filled elementChoose Select > Same > Fill ColorChoose Object > Path Compound Path > MakeSelect a black-filled elementRepeat steps 2 and 3Select AllClick the Pathfinder's Minus Front button

Monika Gause · Answer

Which settings did you use when tracing this?Did you use the overlapping setting or the knockout setting?

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