Hold the Option key (PC: Alt key) and click the Add to Shape Area button in the Pathfinder panel to combine and expand all the shapes in the original object at the same time. Select the original object, and open the Pathfinder panel under the Window menu. Move the duplicated object out of the way for now. Go under the Edit menu and choose Copy and then choose Paste in the same menu. Press Command-A (PC: Ctrl-A) to select the entire graphic and group it all together by pressing Command-G (PC: Ctrl-G). Reselect only the cut areas and press Delete (PC: Backspace). Go under the Object menu and choose Ungroup. If more than the cut areas are selected then you probably need to ungroup them. Do the same to the other side, and then select these areas. On the left side, start above the ground and click-and-drag across the art to cut it. The ground extends a little farther out than we need for the final logo, so let’s trim it up with the Knife tool (it’s grouped with the Eraser tool in the Toolbox). The grayscale graphic should be all that remains. Delete the white between the surfer’s legs as well. When the paths are revealed, go to Object>Ungroup, then select the white background with the Selection tool (V) and press Delete (PC: Backspace). When it’s done, click the Expand button in the Options Bar. Locate the Live Trace button in the Options Bar, click on the arrow next to it, and choose Grayscale (this may take a moment).
Once the image is placed, keep it selected. Locate the file you prepared above and click the Place button.
In Illustrator, create a new RGB document and go to File>Place. Here we made a composite photo of a couple of palm trees along with a surfer against a white background and saved it as a Photoshop file.ĬREDIT FOR PALM TREES: ©FOTOLIA/YONG HIAN LIM What we’re creating here is a logo for a surf shop, so we’ll start with a photograph. Now, of course, all images are different, so depending on the final effect you want to achieve, you’ll need to experiment with the settings that we’ll be using here. In this tutorial, we’re going to use Live Trace to vectorize a photo for a logo design. Perhaps one of the most underutilized features in Illustrator is Live Trace, which can convert any photograph into vector art in just a few clicks.
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