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Re: Selecting Pieces of an Object in Illustrator - How?

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From: Neil Gould
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:35

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Recently, noozgroop <noozgroop@yahoo.com> posted:

> I need to scan an image, then be able to edit the image by selecting
> different pieces of it in Adobe Illustrator.  However, Illustrator
> only sees my scan as one object.  I've tried saving the object as an
> EPS and a TIFF.  Please advise on how to perform this procedure.
>
A scan is a bitmap, not vector artwork. You'll need to edit this in
Photoshop, create vector artwork by tracing the scan in Illustrator, or
convert it to vector using a program such as Adobe Streamline. Be advised
that these are not "automagic" solutions!

Hope this helps.

Neil

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