Vector Tracing with the Pen Tool
Learn how to create a realistic pepper with the pen tool and vector tracing.
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(reference image) Knowing the pen tool in Photoshop or Illustrator is one of the most important skills to attain. A person that has mastered everything else but doesn't know or use the pen tool, is of lesser overall value than a person who knows nothing else but the pen tool. That's how important the pen tool really is. It allows you to create any shape you desire, and as such, is the most important tool in any designer's arsenal.
In this tutorial, we take a look at the pen tool and how to use it, by following a technique called vector tracing. Vector tracing means you're tracing over an existing image (in our case a photograph of a pepper) with the pen tool. Vector tracing as we're using it, allows us to create a very realistic representation of the photograph we're tracing.
There's a number of reasons vector tracing makes sense. In certain instances, like print work for example, you might need a very large scalable version of an object or graphic; vector tracing allows you to do that. While it can be a tedious process, it's definitely worth it!
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