VECTOR Self-PORTRAIT

- In this assignment our goal was to transform our selfie from a RASTER image to a VECTOR image using ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR.

-RASTER- is an image that contains pixels.

-VECTOR-is an image that uses mathematical equations to create lines does not contain pixels.

- the process to transform these images was nice and simple

1) First, I created a LETTER document in PORTRAIT orientation, once that is done then drag or FILE-PLACE the image.

2) After opening your image in ILLUSTRATOR, press the SHIFT key then click the mouse to resize image proportionately (make sure to let go of mouse button first THEN shift key) try to fit image in white space.

3) Once completed with those steps, make sure to save your progress for it will be painful if any is accidentally erased.

4) Select image with the SELECTION TOOL, then select IMAGE TRACE in the drop down menu, this will give you different types of tracing of your image, pick the best one for your image.

5) After your done with that use the DIRECT SELECT tool and click on different areas of the image, this is when it is clear that the image is no longer a RASTER image but a VECTOR image made up of shapes and fills.