Now we’re going to increase the contrast between the dark and light areas of the image by using the Curves adjustment. In the Curves menu, take the node at the bottom-left and slide it to the right to increase the intensity of the dark areas in your image. Then, take the node to the top-right and slide it to the left to increase the intensity of the lighter areas of your image. The degree to which you should make these adjustments will depend entirely on your image. What works for my example image won’t necessarily work for your image if it’s different, so be sure to experiment with it a bit. Here’s how our adjusted image will look once finished. This will help the Image Trace feature create a more accurate vector tracing of the photo. The image can now be exported and then imported into Illustrator. Now we’re going to import our image into Illustrator. You will then be prompted to browse for an image to import into your document.
To trace an image to vector with Illustrator, open up the Image Trace window by navigating to Window > Image Trace. If the menu interface is grayed out then just deselect your image and then select it again. Toggle the Preview setting to get a preview of your vector tracing, then use the settings to adjust your tracing as needed. Tweak all of these settings until you get a vector tracing you’re happy with. The settings you should use will vary by image. The settings I used in my example won’t necessarily work for you if you’re using a different image, so be sure to experiment with them a bit. Once you’re happy with how your vector tracing looks, toggle off the Preview and click Trace to create your vector tracing. Now it’s time to finalize your vector tracing so that you can edit it and work with it further. To do so, select your tracing, then navigate to Object > Expand and click OK. Just a heads up: you will have to ungroup the tracing twice, so make sure to navigate to Ungroup a second time.
You will now have a vector tracing of your image that you can manipulate as if it were any other vector object.
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