Most likely the image is already a bitmap but stored in a PDF container; otherwise when it‘s vector there‘s no need for „trace bitmap“. Just load/open the PDF, select content and check StatusBar. Almost everytime raster images are clipped via a path in PDF documents which can be solved by going: Object->Clip->Release clip. Delete clipping path and the raster graphic will be free accessable.
Hi, thanks for that, in the status bar I have 'group of one object clipped in root' if use object- clip- release clip the whole image goes to black and if I delete that everything disappears, anything else I can try.
Hi, I need some more help here please, I sorted the clipping path, deleting the black clipping path, and now have 'group of 1 object in root' in the status bar, but trace bitmap doesnt work, I go to path-trace bitmap but no preview in right hand pane, am I missing something here? thanks
I have ungrouped and now have ' clone of image 4960 x 7015 embedded in root use shift d to look up original', when I shift D I get 'the object you are trying to select is not visible it is in defs' , thanks for persevering with this, what next?
Finally got trace bitmap to work, really appreciate the help, how do you think I ended up with a cloned image, I have not cloned the image at any stage ,it was a scanned image, it was saved to the cloud and opened with open command. I now have a scalable image which doesn't pixelate when zoomed, is it possible to edit the image now, change colours, modify shapes etc
Could be the cloud to avoid altering the original file. Yes - ungroup to get to the shapes-per-color. Perhaps best selected in Object->Layers and Objects.
Hi, status bar now says image 4960x 7015 embedded in root, but if I try to ungroup it says no grouped objects to ungroup, as I said before it is now definitely scalable, thanks
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I would like to use 'trace bitmap' on an image which is in PDF format, I assume I need to convert it to a bitmap first, how do I do that please.
Most likely the image is already a bitmap but stored in a PDF container; otherwise when it‘s vector there‘s no need for „trace bitmap“. Just load/open the PDF, select content and check StatusBar. Almost everytime raster images are clipped via a path in PDF documents which can be solved by going: Object->Clip->Release clip. Delete clipping path and the raster graphic will be free accessable.
Hi, thanks for that, in the status bar I have 'group of one object clipped in root' if use object- clip- release clip the whole image goes to black and if I delete that everything disappears, anything else I can try.
The black object is the Clipping path. Go Object->Layers and Object to verify, select and delete.
Hi, I need some more help here please, I sorted the clipping path, deleting the black clipping path, and now have 'group of 1 object in root' in the status bar, but trace bitmap doesnt work, I go to path-trace bitmap but no preview in right hand pane, am I missing something here? thanks
Ungroup and try again to verify it´s a bitmap by checking Status Bar
I have ungrouped and now have ' clone of image 4960 x 7015 embedded in root use shift d to look up original', when I shift D I get 'the object you are trying to select is not visible it is in defs' , thanks for persevering with this, what next?
Are you sure there are 2 images in that file? You can select the clone and unlink it to use Path->Trace bitmap... on it.
Finally got trace bitmap to work, really appreciate the help, how do you think I ended up with a cloned image, I have not cloned the image at any stage ,it was a scanned image, it was saved to the cloud and opened with open command. I now have a scalable image which doesn't pixelate when zoomed, is it possible to edit the image now, change colours, modify shapes etc
Could be the cloud to avoid altering the original file. Yes - ungroup to get to the shapes-per-color. Perhaps best selected in Object->Layers and Objects.
It depends on the PDF authoring software and the user. A cloned image in the defs is a Symbol, which any user could create or the pdf complier could.
Hi, status bar now says image 4960x 7015 embedded in root, but if I try to ungroup it says no grouped objects to ungroup, as I said before it is now definitely scalable, thanks