Images & tracing

Images & tracing

Images

Placed images, links, tracing, mosaic and live image effects.

Images can be opened, placed, linked, embedded, traced, filtered or turned into a mosaic of vector tiles.

Place Image

Insert images into an existing document. Use Command + K for the main Place Image workflow.

Place Linked Image

Keep image artwork linked to its original file rather than embedding it immediately. This supports lighter documents and external asset updates.

Links palette

Track placed image status, relink files, embed images, extract embedded files or reveal a linked asset in Finder.

Open images as documents

PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, HEIC and HEIF images can be opened as new documents and used as source material.

Image Trace

Convert a placed or imported image into editable vector paths, from the Object and Filter menus.

Object Mosaic

Turn a selected image into a grid of vector tiles that follow the colours of the image. Useful for poster effects.

Image Effects

Apply effects such as brightness, contrast, saturation, blur, sepia, invert and greyscale while keeping the artwork editable.

Rasterize selected artwork

Convert selected vector objects into an image inside the SVG when a bitmap treatment is needed.

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