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The newest version of Adobe illustrator broke my image trace

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
December 6, 2022
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So, for whatever reason, this new version of illustrator exaggerates the colors on the image trace tool. All I want is 16, and it gave me 502. And I can't find any settings To change it back. Switch it back to the old version and works like a charm. Please fix this this would have been a nightmare if I was on a time crunch with a client. Luckily this was just an experiment

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adele5CEA

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Would love if they included a legacy option in preferences to revert to the older trace.

Anshul_Saini

Community Manager

Hi @magufway @Michael274495003rzu,

I am glad to inform you that the issue is resolved with the Ai v27.1.1 released recently. Please update the app and let us know if the issue persists.

Thanks,

Anshul Saini

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ivoj23023310

Participating Frequently

It's better then the version before, but in my experience still sub par to what I was used to, by a lot.

I've attached an image to show the difference between Ai 22 and Ai 23 (post update)

The top image is '22 and below is '23.

Same image, and same input into 'image trace' in this case the 6 color preset.

I am used to do a little bit of clean up and touch up,but this is an unacceptable amount of artifacts.

So for now I am forced to stick to the 22 version because my workflow is highly dependant of the live trace function.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Did you already update it to 27.1.1?

Anshul_Saini

Community Manager

Hi @magufway @Michael274495003rzu,

Thanks for reaching out. The product team is aware of this issue and currently working on a fix. This will be addressed in a future release. Would you mind upvoting this UserVoice created by Doug (https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/46047355-image-...) and adding your comment there? By doing this, you will get updates on it.

For now, you may revert to the previous version of Ai. We appreciate your patience.

Thanks,

Anshul Saini

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

There are some changes made in image trace in the 27.1.

It does not use the default as in previous versions, but tries to detect the kind of image and the best preset to use. Cannot find a way to turn it off (and cannot find the "what's new" info).

rama_ai11751598

Inspiring

@Ton Frederiks Here is the link to What's New on Image Trace - https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/whats-new/2023-1.html#image-trace-enhancements

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Thanks Rama, it must have been posted recently.

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

I get the same result. Illustrator 26.5.2 with the 16 colour preset:

Illustrator 27.1:

Added a uservoice post:

https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/46047355-image-trace-limited-palette-no-longer-works-in-ai

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Did you reset the preferences when updating?

If this persists after rebooting and resetting the preferences, you might want to report it as a bug. illustrator.uservoice.com

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Michael274495003rzu

Participant

Same here, the image trace functionality has been totally ruined in version 27.1. What have adobe done to it. Its now unusable. Please fix this asap, it worked perfectly in the older versions. I cant even live trace the simpliest of black and white images.

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Phobadroid

Participating Frequently

"I cant even live trace the simpliest of black and white images." - SAME HERE. Used to be able to fine-tune this process to my heart's content - now everything comes out looking like garbage. Completely unusable.

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