: How to take an accurate outline (ONLY) of an image PSD I would like a technique on how to take only the outline of an image. This image is of a car and would need to be accurate. I

@Murray976

Most likely not the answer you want to hear.....

If you really want precision in the line art you have to do it manually. I've not seen any auto-trace feature anywhere get good, clean, precise line drawings from a color photograph.

Yes, you can try and simplify the photo, remove color, use the Find Edges filter in Photoshop, etc. But the end results are never exceptionally precise.

The best method, in my opinion, is to put in the work.

Open or place the photo into Adobe Illustrator. Once there, double-click the layer the photo is on in the Layers Panel. Tick the "Template" box. When you do this, you'll notice the "Dim Images" gets checked and set at 50%. You can decrease the opacity if you feel 50% is too much.



Then add a new layer above the photo, grab the Pen Tool and manually start tracing out blocks of the image....



When your done blocking things out, you can then turn off the visibility for the template layer with the photo on it and refine, add color or fills, etc. as needed to your paths.

This gives you control over the amount of detail you want and the precision of the final line art is entirely in your hands.

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