: How to sketch a drawing over a photo I am an archaeologist and am trying to make my field drawings straight from my photographs on my computer. I have a photo of an objet in situ with

@Hamm6457569

My suggestion would be to:


Paste the photograph on its own layer in Illustrator.
Create a new layer.
Use the Pen Tool and trace over whatever you need to on the image.

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@Vandalay110

Depends how big image we are talking about here. Illustrator is not a CAD application and is limited to 16383 pt by 16383 pt, or about 5.78 m square. Illustrator is thus a paper space program, if you want bigger scale then you need to draw in scale yourself.

Your question is a bit opaque as to what your actual problem is. But if i would have to guess your question is how to scale the image to be in 1:1 scale? In that case, if your image is smaller than the limit, just draw a line that matches your distance scale. Then double click on the line tool icon for the length of previously drawn line, copy that value. Then select the image and scale (Object → Transform → Scale) it by actual size of your scale/previously measured scale. Then lock the picture in its layer and draw above.

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@Annie732

You can place the photo in Illustrator, and use the Live Trace tool to create a line drawing. It should work, although I haven't seen the photo you're using.

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