Image to vector problem

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February 19, 2021
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I converted a picture to vecto. Now I just want to color the background. But that doesn't work because everything or nothing is set. How can I exclude the background from the foreground?

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Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Try to Object > Compound Path > Release

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Peter5EABAuthor

Inspiring

still the same.

Met1

Legend

image trace works on the whole bounding box area, (even though there's nothing there), so you have a box, or parts of a box, outside of your wanted image that has vector elements as well, you need to remove them.

After the first image trace-> expand, select outside your wanted image (work in preview mode if it's more helpful so you can see all the edges) but within the bounding box of wanted image and delete - if this color (presumable white, is not used elsewhere, you can select same color and delete all (the white) in one go.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Did you Expand the Image trace and ungroup it?

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Peter5EABAuthor

Inspiring

it is object and background together. when I click all points and a frame are displayed. The object is to be separated from the background. that I can color the object (or make a gradient).