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meydenhart
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April 17, 2020
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Image trace in AI CS6

  • April 17, 2020
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How can I get a thin hairline trace from png to vector in AI? The png is a woodwork pattern consisting of 3 pixel black lines. I have experimented with every option available in image trace and am unable to get a thin line in the trace result.

Thanks in advance.

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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April 18, 2020

Please show the that template and your results. Also I don't understand what result you expect.

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meydenhartAuthor
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April 18, 2020

I would like to show you my tace result but .ai or.eps is not a supported file type. This is the png I am tracing. The result is a vector with very thick lines. I need a thin hairline trace result.

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meydenhartAuthor
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April 19, 2020

Actually, I think you may discover that your "strokes" are actually fills.

 

Very often, when autotracing is applied to shapes with a thickness, it translates closed paths into two of them — one inside the other as a compound path. That may be the reason your vendor is finding two lines in CorelDRAW where you see one thick one in Illustrator.

 

I'd suggest you try an Edit>Select All to see how Illustrator is tracing your shapes. Using the View>Outline menu command may show you the same shapes your vendor is getting when rendering your art with CorelDRAW. You may find the solution to your problem is as simple as using your Direct Selection tool to dispatch some anchor points to create one path instead of two concurrent ones.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Randy


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