How to Vectorize an Image in Illustrator | Updated for 2025

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0:00 Introduction
0:47 Live trace in Adobe Illustrator
2:35 Step 1: Remove the background in Adobe Photoshop
3:51 Step 2: Image trace & Ignore color
5:39 Step 3: Smoothing vector in Adobe Illustrator
7:20 Bonus: Appropriating colors in Adobe Illustrator
10:2: Generative AI coloring in Adobe Illustrator
11:09 Practice project brief for Adobe Illustrator

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