how to get rid of white background in illustrator

How to get rid of white on a traced photo?

r/AdobeIllustrator - How to get rid of white on a traced photo?

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Thank you so much. Yours was the first comment that I saw. I was getting so frustrated because I was gonna trace the whole image with the pen tool 😂

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I'll add to that to set up a custom keystroke for select same fill as well as select same stroke if you use them very much. Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts

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After image tracing the object, select the object and on the top bar there is a button that says expand. Then on the left, select the magic wand and click on the white. The delete.

An alternative to next time is to go to windows-image trace~ advanced~ select ignore white area. It will image trace leaving out the white sections.

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select ignore white area.

The problem with that is it still creates shapes where the white was, only they're not filled.

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I don't use Illustrator frequently but can you not make a selection with color range and then delete it? It'll leave you with a transparent background

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Did anyone already suggest clicking the image>opacity>multiply? From my understanding that should also reduce if not eliminate white

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There's an image trace option that says forget white. And you could do "select>similar>same color" I think and select white and remove it that way

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I used image trace a photo of a tree and want to put it into a piece I'm working on. I'm stuck with a white background and I don't know how to get rid of it.

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There should be a check box for "ignore white" on the image trace dialog, retrace it and check that box.

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Ungroup image before selecting white