# Tracing or something
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [January 29, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269 "2003-01-29T01:33:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@nobody](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nobody)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/1 "2003-01-29T01:33:27Z")
is there a easy way to trace line art in flash… cuz i was screwin with some scanned stuff and im tryin to figure out how to trace the lines in black without actually just goin over the lines with the paint brush tool… cuz my hand is kinda shakey cuz i twitch a lot… or i just have a really unsteady hand… any ideas?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/2 "2003-01-29T01:34:37Z")
Trace bitmap works [Sometimes]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/3 "2003-01-29T01:39:12Z")
how do u do that?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/4 "2003-01-29T01:41:49Z")
never mind i figured it out… it might work if i can figure out how to mess with all the stuff… but the drawing isnt very clean so i dont know what to expect
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/5 "2003-01-29T01:43:40Z")
yeah that didnt really work… does anyone know ne good tips on usin the pen tool
?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/6 "2003-01-29T01:43:48Z")
Yeah it’s not used very often coz its a bit hit n miss. If you have clean graphics it can work ok-ish
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/7 "2003-01-29T01:45:18Z")
Zoom in and do it the old-fashioned way I guess.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/8 "2003-01-29T01:46:04Z")
crap… alright
thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/9 "2003-01-29T02:00:52Z")
> \*Originally posted by xxviii \*
> \*\*crap… alright
> thanks \*\*
Yeah sorry man. We basically trace every thing by hand here.
And a small tip is…
Flash 3 is far better for drawing and stuff like that, than any of the others.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/10 "2003-01-29T02:09:20Z")
yeah i just tried to trace it and everything… i finished it but it looks really bad so im thinkin this is gonna be one of those things that takes a long long time to get good at… but oh well… dont have anything else to do
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/11 "2003-01-29T02:15:19Z")
use single lines with a ‘hairline’ width and then bend them and curve them to match the lines that are drawn in. Like in this tutorial by Kitiara:
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/lineart.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/lineart.asp)
🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/12 "2003-01-29T02:30:06Z")
how do u curve the line…?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracing-or-something/12269/13 "2003-01-29T02:39:26Z")
while the line it on the canvas hover your mouse above it without selecting it. You will see a little curve appear next to the mouse. Then click and you will be able to curve it.