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Interesting Backgrounds from Photos - Illustrator CS2 Tutorial
Jacquelin Vanderwood

March, 2007

In this tutorial we'll be converting photos using Live Paint to make interesting backgrounds. Tutorial Includes project files.

I've selected a photo I found in Bridge (photos provided by Photos.com).

I want to drag that photo directly into Illustrator.

Let's select Tracing Options in Illustrator.

I have selected to open the Pantone Metallic library so for Palette I have chosen to use it here. I cranked up the selections as far as I could and selected preview.

Here are the results.

I then decreased the Transparency so that the picture would be fit for a background image.

Here's a photo I applied Warp Options to.

With Pantone Pastels library open, I applied the settings below to the photo above.

Here are the results.

I applied Twist at 25% to the piece and can use it as an interesting background.

Download the original source files from this tutorial in Zip format Here

Copyright (c) 2007, Jacquelin Vanderwood, All Rights Reserved

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