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Mytour will guide you on how to use Adobe Photoshop to turn a JPEG image into a vector drawing.
Steps
Open Adobe Photoshop on your computer. The application can be found in the All Apps section of the Start menu on Windows (or in the Applications folder on macOS).
Click on the File (File). This option is located at the top-left corner of the screen.
Click on Open… (Open). The file browser will appear on your computer.
Navigate to the folder containing the JPEG file.
Select the JPEG file. Click on the file name to select it.
Click on Open. The JPEG file will open for you to edit in Photoshop.
Click on the Quick Selection Tool. This option has a dotted circle icon beneath the paintbrush. If you are using an older version of Photoshop, this will be a dashed line icon with a pencil symbol.
Click on the Add to Selection button. This option is located in the toolbar at the top of the screen and resembles the Quick Selection Tool icon, except with a plus (+) sign above it.
- Hover your cursor over each icon to display its features.
Click on the areas of the image you want to convert to a vector. Each area you click will be enclosed by a dashed line.
Click on the Window menu at the top of the screen.
Click on Paths (Paths). The Paths window will open in the bottom-right corner of Photoshop.
Click the “Make work from path” button at the bottom of the Paths window. This option has an icon of a square with small squares around it, located fourth from the left. The selected areas will be converted into vectors.
Click on the File menu located at the top-left corner of the screen.
Click on the Export option.
Click on the Paths to Illustrator option. This option is located near the bottom of the menu.
Enter a name for the paths and click OK. The file browser will pop up on your computer.
Navigate to the folder where you want to save the vector file.
Enter a name for the file.
Click on Save. The vector image will be saved. You can now edit it further in Illustrator or any other vector editing software.
