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February 23, 2019
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Tracing an image from the internet

  • February 23, 2019
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I have placed a jpeg from the internet and went to trace the image.  It keeps giving me a warning saying unable to trace. Any help would be appreciated.

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    Correct answer jdanek

    There may be some type of encryption in the metadata procluding any sort of tracing or modification.  Images on the internet are copyright protected and, even if there is no such image protection, you still need permission to do what you are attempting to do.  Did you purchase a license on that image?  Does the license give you rights to create derivitives from that image?  If you downloaded the actual jpg from the internet, you've already infringed on the owner copyright.  That might be why you cannot trace it.

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    Inspiring
    February 23, 2019

    There may be some type of encryption in the metadata procluding any sort of tracing or modification.  Images on the internet are copyright protected and, even if there is no such image protection, you still need permission to do what you are attempting to do.  Did you purchase a license on that image?  Does the license give you rights to create derivitives from that image?  If you downloaded the actual jpg from the internet, you've already infringed on the owner copyright.  That might be why you cannot trace it.

    Participating Frequently
    February 23, 2019

    Try deleting Illustrator preferences.

    Keyboard shortcut:
    Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (macOS) as you start
    Illustrator.

    If that doesn't work, resave your jpeg in photoshop, and place again.

    (could be a memory issue?)