Vectorization & Redrawing
Articles about vectorization & redrawing.
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Illustrator Logo Tracing: What Image Trace Does and When It Is Enough
How Adobe Illustrator's Image Trace turns a raster logo into vector paths, how it differs from manual redrawing, how to inspect the result in outline view, and what tracing cannot fix.
Trace a logo sketch into vector paths in Adobe Illustrator
How to turn a scanned or photographed logo sketch into editable vector paths in Illustrator using Image Trace or the Pen tool, then verify and export it as SVG.
Automatic Image Tracing with Python for Logo Reconstruction
How Python image tracing turns raster logos into editable vector paths, which libraries handle the job, and where traced output needs manual cleanup before delivery.
Swimming Icon Vector: What It Is and How It Differs from Raster Artwork
What a vector swimming icon is, how it differs from PNG or JPG versions, how to confirm it has editable paths, and what to check before modifying or using it.
How to Create a Vector Logo in Photoshop
Redraw a scanned logo as vector shapes in Photoshop: set up the scan, draw with the Pen tool, handle type, export vector data and check that the result really is vector.
How to Digitize a Logo: Redrawing a Scanned Print as Clean Vector Artwork
Turn a printed logo into clean, scalable vector artwork: scan it, rebuild paths and type, set colors, export the right formats and check the result.
Clean Up a Scanned Logo in Photoshop
How to straighten, clean and sharpen a scanned or pixelated logo in Photoshop, what the result can and cannot be used for, and when a vector redraw is the better route.
How to Select a Logo in Photoshop from a Scanned Print
Isolate a logo from a scan in Photoshop with Color Range, channels and Select and Mask, check the edges, then prepare the selection for redrawing as vector artwork.
Draw Lowercase Bubble Letters
How to draw a bubble lowercase e and other lowercase bubble letters, and how to turn the sketch into clean, editable vector artwork for a logo.
Illustrator Logo Tracing: Rebuilding a Logo from a Scanned Print
How Illustrator's Image Trace turns a scanned logo into vector paths, where automatic tracing falls short, and when a manual redraw is the better route.
How to Make a Logo Scan Strictly Black and White in Illustrator
Convert a scanned logo to pure black and white in Illustrator, not grayscale, using Image Trace's Black and White mode, a K-only fill, and checks for gray tones.
World Icon Vector: What It Is and How It Differs from a Raster Globe
What a world icon vector is, how it differs from a raster globe image, how to confirm a file contains real vector paths, and what licensing to check before use.