Turn your sketch into an editable vector

Manually creating vector CADs takes time. Sketch Trace does it in seconds.

Sketch Trace turns your raster sketch into editable vector artwork. Open it in Illustrator to change colors, add prints or adjust details, without having to redraw from scratch.

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Works with Illustrator and any program that opens SVG files.

Close-up of a jacket sketch before tracing: shoulder, yoke seam and chest zip
Your sketch
Animation: a traced jacket sketch in Illustrator. The yoke seam is reshaped by dragging its anchor points, then a rib fill is applied to the cuff
Editable in Illustrator

Works across product categories

Trace footwear, homeware and accessories as well as clothing.

Technical sketch of a hooded jacket

Apparel

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Homeware

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Accessories

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From product image to editable vector line drawing

  1. Product image of a khaki hooded jacket

    Start with a product image

    Generate one in NewArc or upload your own. Already have a sketch? Skip to step 3.

  2. Black and white jacket sketch created with Image to Sketch

    Turn it into a sketch

    Use Image to Sketch with color turned off to get a black and white technical sketch.

  3. The Sketch Trace tool in NewArc with a jacket sketch added as the input image

    Run Sketch Trace

    Open the 'Sketch Trace' tool, add your sketch and click 'Generate'.

  4. The traced jacket open in Adobe Illustrator with its tools and swatches panel, color blocked with camo print and solid panels

    Edit in Illustrator

    Adjust lines, recolor panels and apply prints and patterns exactly where you want.

  5. A realistic camo jacket generated in NewArc from the color blocked sketch

    Keep developing

    Use your vector sketch as it is, or export it as a PNG or JPG and bring it back into NewArc as the starting point for your next design.

Edit with ease

Sketch Trace converts your sketch into editable vector paths, following the center of each line rather than creating outlined shapes. You get real vector paths with editable anchor points, the same as if you'd drawn them in yourself.

Move endpoints

Select any line and drag its end to a new position.

Reshape curves

Adjust anchor points to change the curve of a seam.

Change stroke properties

Set the weight or color of any line in a click.

See it in action

Recolor, add print and color block

Because every panel is separate, design changes take a few clicks.

The jacket recolored all over in tan

Recolor the whole product

Select one panel. Choose your Fill Color.

The jacket filled with a camo print

Drop in a print

Use the same selection to fill every panel with a print or pattern.

The jacket with camo print and solid tan yoke and side panels

Color block panels

Select individual panels and change each one on its own.

Customizing zips, ribbing and trims

Editable paths let you finish construction details with your own brushes, fills and swatches.

Example 1

Add ribbing

Apply a ribbed pattern fill from your existing swatch library.

Traced jacket cuff in Illustrator with the rib panel left empty and selected
Cuff as traced
The same cuff with a rib fill applied from the swatches
Rib fill added

Example 2

Customize zips

Draw or select a path and apply your preferred zip brush.

Drawing a zip line on the traced jacket with the pen tool in Illustrator
Draw a line with the pen tool
Both chest zips added to the jacket with a zip brush
Apply your zip brush

FAQs

Sketches you can actually edit in Illustrator

Sketch Trace is live in NewArc now.

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