Click the down-facing arrow in the Control panel again and choose Tracing Options from the list. Click Place and then click-and-drag the image so it’s not covering the other image. Now, choose File>Place and navigate to the image you want to use for the background (we’re using a wave). Select the entire image graphic and choose Object>Group. We also removed some of the nonwhite areas around the edge of the board. Don’t forget the white areas between the legs and arm. Click to select the white background areas and press the Delete (PC: Backspace) key to delete them one by one. Choose the Selection tool (V), and zoom into your photo. Choose Object>Ungroup and then Select>Deselect. We need to remove the white background areas of the image, so click the Expand button in the Control panel to convert the image to regular path shapes. If it looks good, then click Trace otherwise, feel free to play with these settings to tweak the overall appearance. Turn on the Preview checkbox to see the effect. This determines the level of detail the image will retain once it’s traced. In the Adjustments section, set the Mode to Color, then set Max Colors to 14. With the photo selected, go to the Control panel, click the down-facing arrow between the Live Trace and Mask buttons, and choose Tracing Options from the list. In the Place dialog, uncheck the Link box and click Place. Next, choose File>Place and navigate to the first photo you’d like to use in your logo (ours is this photo of a surfer). To begin, choose File>New and create a Basic RGB document. Creating a logo in Adobe Illustrator is easy enough, but here’s a cool technique for taking a couple of photos and using Live Trace to create graphic elements as part of an eye-catching surf logo.

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