This effect has become increasingly popular for use in designing backgrounds. By using the live trace effect, you can take any stock image and transform it into an outline that can be placed behind your main subject. The technique works in Illustrator and can be used in Photoshop as well. Experiment with blend modes and remember that you can save the outline as a symbol or a custom shape to use in other designs.
Author: Matt Kloskowski
Matt Kloskowski is the Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He has authored and co-authored five books on Photoshop and Illustrator and teaches an advanced Photoshop course for Sessions.edu. In addition to being an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and a Macromedia Flash Certified Developer, Matt is a regular contributor to Photoshop User and Layers magazines and writes weekly columns for several digital imaging websites.
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is like using the threshold in photoshop, but anyway thanks man you’ve given me idea on how to it in AI
i have illst. 9..0n pc..it dosent look like yours..cant find live trace/please help.
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Is there a way to do this in photoshop only?
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I just worked on something for our church using some of these principals, but I wish I had discovered this video before, ’cause I think I could have done an even better job!
Awesome video!
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