Using the Image Trace tool in Illustrator

CS6 has a new tool in town, and I am going to show you how to use it.

Grab a photo that you want to trace, and open it up in illustrator. 

Tip: the higher the photo quality, the better the results.

Heres a picture of my new macbook pro box. cool.

Click the 'Image Trace' button, found in the top toolbar. 

(Circled below)

This should produce something similar to this. If not, your image is either not eligible- this could mean its too low quality, or too many similar colours in the image.

In the same location where the 'Image Trace' button was, there should be a button that says 'Expand'. Click this so that you see all the main shapes surrounded with coloured selection lines.

Once you have done this, right click or (ctrl + click for mac users). You will see a drop down menu. Press 'Ungroup'. This is also found in the 'Edit' toolbar. Do this once, and try clicking on individual objects. If you cannot, try 'Ungroup' again.

Huzzah.