Live Trace Problems

Question

Hi,After scanning in a black pen drawing, I've been trying to "Live Trace". When I press "Object" to try and delete the background, it deletes a lot of the white inside instead of just the background. I will say some of the lines aren't as sharp after the live trace and create gaps.I then want to create a poster in Photoshop. When I drag the drawing into Photoshop and use the paintbucket tool it fills past some of the lines into different sections that I never wanted to be that color. How can I outline it better so I can use the paintbucket tool in Photoshop to color only the areas that I want, instead of having it extend to other sections of the drawing?Thanks in advance.

Jeff Witchel, ACI · Accepted Answer

Why are you doing any of this in Photoshop? You mention a poster. Either finish the design in Illustrator or in InDesign.

As far as deleting the "white background," select the Live Paint object in Illustrator and press the Expand button in the Control panel. Switch to your Direct Selection tool (white arrow) and click on the white background and press Delete. Repeat if parts of the background remain.

Monika Gause · Answer

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