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Aaron McGarry
McGarry needed to add a photo of the product to the front of his box prototype
( Perspective Shifts Lesson ). However, because non-vector objects like raster
photographs can't be added to the perspective grid, he needed to first convert
his photo to a vector object using Image Trace. In case he'd need the same
trversion again, and because attaching art to the grid is permanent, he traced the
photo in a separate file. McGarry selected the photo, clicked the Image Trace
panel in the Control panel, and began adjusting parameters. For Mode he chose
Color, and for the Palette he chose Full Tone. In order to optimize file size and
image quality, he used the Color slider to reduce the number of colors and paths.
Saving this file, he then copy-and-pasted the vectorized photo to the file with his
perspective grid. To permanently vectorize this tracing so he could attach it to the
grid, he clicked Expand in the Control panel. Using the Perspective Selection tool
he then attached the traced image to the grid. Once attached, he again used the
Perspective Selection tool to resize and position the image. With this working
process, McGarry was able to keep the entire product in place within the grid so
he could easily update the product angle. As long as Lock Station Point was still
enabled (it's saved with the document), he would be able to create alternate
perspective angles and have the box automatically adjust and update.aced
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