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Class Illustrator #83: Black and White Image Trace: Converting a Graphic Image into a Vector Stencil

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Illustrator Tutorial: Black and White Image Trace, Black and White Logo, Threshold, Expand, Vector Poster Stencil. Episode 83 of the Complete Adobe Illustrator Series.

Software: Adobe Illustrator
Level: Beginner
Duration: ± 4 min
Series total: 6 h 32 min · 106 videos
Published: October 27, 2026

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Class Illustrator #83: Black and White Image Trace: Converting a Graphic Image into a Vector Stencil: Cover: Illustrator Class #83: Black and White Image Trace: Converting Graphics Images into Vector Stencil

Class Illustrator #83: Black and White Image Trace: Converting a Graphic Image into a Vector Stencil: Before you start, steps list, and Step 1

Class Illustrator #83: Black and White Image Trace: Converting a Graphic Image into a Vector Stencil: Step 2–3: Image Trace Panel

Class Illustrator #83: Black and White Image Trace: Converting a Graphic Image into a Vector Stencil: Step 4–5: Threshold

Class Illustrator #83: Black and White Image Trace: Converting a Graphic Image into a Vector Stencil: Step 6: Stencil Poster

Class Illustrator #83: Black and White Image Trace: Converting a Graphic Image into a Vector Stencil: Done: Final Result and Further Practice

Cover: Illustrator Class #83: Black and White Image Trace: Converting Graphics Images into Vector Stencil

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Introduction

This is what we'll create in this episode, a vector stencil poster from a public domain graphic image, the result of black and white image trace that can be enlarged without breaking. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe Illustrator series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. We're entering the module for image trace, live paint, and masking. Image trace converts raster images into vector paths. We start with the simplest mode, black and white. Create a vertical document, then File, Place, select a portrait graphic artwork by Manet that's already in the public domain.

Step 1: Placing the image

Click the thread to place it on the artboard.

Step 2: Image Trace Panel

With the image selected, open the image trace panel from the icon column. Here are the presets, view, mode, threshold, and advanced options. The image is still in pixel form.

Step 3: Black and White Logo Preset

Select the preset black and white logo. Illustrator analyzes the image and produces black paths in the dark areas. Below the panel, you'll see the number of paths and anchor points from the tracing.

Step 4: Threshold

Threshold determines the light and dark boundary. Slide to the right, more details become black. To the left, less detail. We'll adjust around 128 until the face is clearly visible. Click the object, Image Trace, Expand.

Step 5: Expand

The tracing result becomes regular vector paths that can be edited and colored. Now the image can be enlarged as large as a poster without breaking.

Step 6: Poster Stencil

Apply a dark red pass, add a cream background and a thick title below. One-color stencil poster is ready. Save and export. Done.

Done!

We've placed the image using the Image Trace panel with the black and white logo preset, adjusted the threshold, expanded the result, and created a poster stencil. In the next episode, we'll trace a colored photo into a poster. Need a logo design, brand identity, vector illustration, infographic, or print and social media materials? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides vector graphic design services, as well as Illustrator courses from beginner to advanced levels. Want to master the entire series? 106 episodes from the interface to the final project? All episodes, complete with step-by-step PDF guides, practice files, and vector project files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy a single class with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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0:03Introduction

0:43Step 1: Placing the image

0:51Step 2: Image Trace Panel

1:05Step 3: Black and White Logo Preset

1:19Step 4: Threshold

1:37Step 5: Expand

1:47Step 6: Poster Stencil

2:18Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:43Step 1: Placing the image

0:51Step 2: Image Trace Panel

1:05Step 3: Black and White Logo Preset

1:19Step 4: Threshold

1:37Step 5: Expand

1:47Step 6: Poster Stencil

2:18Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: Placing the image

Step 2: Image Trace Panel

Step 3: Black and White Logo Preset

Step 4: Threshold

Step 5: Expand

Step 6: Poster Stencil

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: Placing the image

Step 2: Image Trace Panel

Step 3: Black and White Logo Preset

Step 4: Threshold

Step 5: Expand

Step 6: Poster Stencil

Done!