Introduction to Script Lettering

Vectorization with image trace

A course by Ximena Jiménez , Graphic Designer Specialized in Lettering

Graphic Designer Specialized in Lettering. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined January 2016
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7,588 students
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About the video: Vectorization with image trace

Overview

“Here we will see how to vectorize automatically in Adobe Illustrator in cases of designs with textures or more irregular and finally I will show you some useful tools to polish it and adjust the last details. ”

In this video lesson Ximena Jiménez addresses the topic: Vectorization with image trace, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Script Lettering. Get started in italics with a brush pen and create a unique composition.

Partial transcription of the video

“We have already learned to vectorize with a pen and now I will teach a second technique to vectorize with a tool called Image Trace. And I'll give you some tips to adjust and leave our piece as we want it. Let's see. Now we will see another scanning option in Illustrator that can be used mainly for slightly more textured designs and with more irregular shapes, like this example that I show you here . It is clearly something that we can do with the pen, but that would take a long time. The pen is more a resource for when we want something neat and give it a lot of fidelity. Let's open it in ...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Introduction to Script Lettering

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (277)
  • 7588 students
  • 6 units
  • 18 lessons (3h 11m)
  • 3 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Areas

    Hand Lettering, Lettering

Ximena Jiménez

Ximena Jiménez
A course by Ximena Jiménez

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Graphic Designer Specialized in Lettering

Ximena Jiménez is a graphic designer who specialized in lettering and calligraphy in Buenos Aires. She is currently based in Bogotá, where she works as a freelance lettering artist finding graphic solutions using letters, whether in the form of logos, murals, or clothing designs, to name just a few. Her most prominent clients include Facebook, Nescafé, Old Parr, and El Gourmet TV.


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Introduction to Script Lettering. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Ximena Jiménez

Introduction to Script Lettering

A course by Ximena Jiménez
Graphic Designer Specialized in Lettering. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined January 2016
  • 100% positive reviews (277)
  • 7,588 students