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plclark5
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February 1, 2014
Question

How to erase on a "placed" image in Illustrator

  • February 1, 2014
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Whenever I "place" an image into illustrator it wont let me erase on the actual image. Any ideas on how I can make this happen?

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    divbzfBSHVDJDShjvbfWHLJV
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    March 2, 2018

    It is absolutely ridiculous that you can't trace select a portion of a placed item to get rid of the background in Illustrator. Especially when it just automatically flushes the transparent aspect of the image to bring pure white.

    There is no [curse word removed by moderator] reason I shouldn't be able to selectively crop out a portion of a placed image.

      jane-e
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      jane-eCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 3, 2018

      divbzfBSHVDJDShjvbfWHLJV  wrote

      There is no  reason I shouldn't be able to selectively crop out a portion of a placed image.

      You can crop in Illustrator. Select your image and choose Crop Image from the Control panel.

      Monika Gause
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      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 1, 2014

      What kind of image? a pixel image?

      You can't erase pixels in Illustrator. Do that in Photoshop or use masks instead.

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        plclark5Author
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        February 1, 2014

        JPEG...yeah I am fairly new to Illustrator...I am in to typography and so I like to draw a rough sketch of my drawings on paper then scan them into my computer where I then clean them up. Do you have any suggestions on how I can upload an image and be able to erase and manipulate the image itself? Or is that not possible?

        Thanks!

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        plclark5Author
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        February 2, 2014

        Place your sketch onto a template layer. Then trace it with the Pen tool. Once you get the hang of the pen you will find that it’s a very versatile tool and tracing won’t take long. Outline some real type to see how anchors are best positioned.


        This worked perfectly, thank you!

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