How to Digitize your Lettering in Illustrator (and why you should!)

In this video I'm going to show you how easy it is to turn your hand-drawn lettering into a digital object in Adobe Illustrator. Doing this gives you so many options and it's SO EASY!
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[@stephaniewezeman8286]

Hey Becca! Can I blow your mind with an image trace tip? Click the "Advanced" drop down and click "Ignore White." You won't need to deselect the white parts anymore. The outcome is black on a transparent background.

[@balletprincess412]

If you use Adobe Capture directly on your phone, the selection process for the vectors can be done at the same time that you are taking the picture, and then you already have the individual words as part of your library. You can have the ampersands, and's and other things you use constantly done just once ;)

[@laurapenman5429]

I use Adobe capture too. It's really good and simple to use

[@daryayukimenka2361]

3 is my fav - love the video, super useful, I've been digitizing for a while but had no clue about the smoother tool... So you can imagine how much time I've spent manually editing each anchor point... sooooo helpful! thank you!

[@lisariethmiller4863]

You are amazing, Becca! Thank you so much for this tutorial! You have completely simplified a process that I was so intimidated by!

[@waldfam2542]

thanks for the video, very helpful! 1 is my favorite.🥰

[@aGirLnTX]

I love #4! I'm hoping to get into digitizing my lettering soon. This helped to inspire me to hurry! Thanks, Becca!

[@amberhewitt6868]

#2 & #4 are my favorites. Thank you for putting such helpful content out here for us!! Love your videos

[@kittenkagome1]

Great tutorial! Tried it out and it works great. As someone who is studying graphic design I was familiar with image trace to clean up artwork but for some reason I never paired it with Expand to create a vector image. I also briefly heard of the smooth tool but never saw it in use until today. This will make things so much easier for me. Thank you!!!

[@lourichardconway371]

W.O.W. My eyes have been opened to a whole new world! There have been many times I've wanted something like this but didn't know where to start, thanks Becca!

[@natahcipolladeleon6246]

#1 is my Favorite!!! Beautiful.
And thanks for the tip Becca!

[@britthartart]

I've been wanting to learn how to do this! Thank you so much for sharing! And #3 is my favorite.

[@verafernandes4913]

No 4 preference, thank you, learned Adobe Illustrator in college, however, have not used it much, now i want to ho back and reacquaint myself with it again, so thanks for the reminder of how powerful Adobe Illustrator can be, because i want to create my company’s logo. I an also enjoying your workshop/tutorial and workbooks in calligraphy, ive progressed to the.maj now.

[@sschiada]

Thank you Becca, this was a super helpful tut. I like #4 - looks vintage with the modern script.

[@justjanem7874]

I like #4! Nice to have this in your library of info. I don’t have a tablet but maybe someday! Thank you, Becca!

[@timeenuf4200]

Lower right is my favorite. Thank you for the Adobe tutorial.

[@sanrosedacosta3948]

So helpful Becca. Lifesaver !!!

[@sudapri]

Hello from Melbourne , Oz land.. Thank you for this info video! As someone who shies away from digitizing stuff this has intrigued me to try it. And I like the 4th option!

[@angelique9602]

Love #4. Would really love to explore and learn more about digitizing art.

[@amandaallison408]

I like #4 the best - it's very "Becca"! This was really interesting - thank you! I want to try - it looks a lot easier than I imagined.

[@PaperHearteu]

Thanks for sharing this. Really helpful!

[@alanahill6857]

Thank you for this video! I have to agree with the others, I love em all too, my favorite are 1 and 4 also

[@sherylpiche2269]

I always learn something from you! Thanks!

[@ruchisharma3311]

Omg! I so badly wanted this video.. 😍😍😍

[@yulandachng360]

Awesome tip!! I love #4! 😆

[@marysherman7446]

Thanks for this great video, Becca! I prefer #3. I wish I was better at Illustrator. I have found it frustrating to learn😬. Maybe I will try Inkscape as mentioned below! Thanks always for your wonderful tutorials!

[@lizandraabella]

#4 thank you for this video! Quick and simple!

[@donnaboudreau4702]

Great tutorial thank you. #3 is my favorite,

[@jennyanderton871]

Thank you for sharing this, 2 is my fav! 👏🇦🇺

[@fzenders2]

I don't have Illustrator but I do use Photoshop. I'm pretty sure it would work!! This will be great to great templates for the cards I make (Happy Birthday, Thank you!) so I can simply transfer my designs instead of spending tons of time to do layout and spacing each time!! Thank you! Thank You!!

[@jnjhawaii5879]

So cool!

[@kimberlygarcia5829]

1 & 4 👌🏻
It would be so cool to see a vlog of a project from start to finish just to get an idea of how the whole process goes. From choosing to do the project for a client to planning ideas, to starting the job and then finalizing it…
I’m wondering now if that would be complicated 😅

[@Bluebell-ww4nb]

That was very interesting. I like #4 the best

[@simbaloveshimself]

Ooh wow, interesting new video! 😊😊😊

[@Phianett]

I like #4. Great tips.

[@noeleenbyrne5197]

I like one and four, both are very good 👍

[@gouthamimattapati4725]

👏👏👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰i loved all the 4.. but my fav is 1 n 4..

[@mireillemoreau289]

Number 4 is my favorite! :)

[@rosanapimentel8859]

Thanks for sharing this with us. My fav is the 3 ….

[@vernesahenderson7683]

Gotta go with 4. It’s more fun.🤗🤗🤗

[@nancycaird7872]

4 & 1 as close second. Thanks for sharing. 😀

[@vizokhotuosuokhrie6593]

According to me ....4 is the best ....I love the way the "And " has been presented and it kinda balances both the names ...😁

[@deipty222]

Could you show the printing part? How would you print say on a big billboard?

[@mzgeorg]

I like #4. It gives me a vintage vibe with the "and" lettered like that.

[@EvaStrick42]

#4 is my favorite 😁

[@ArezooRazavizadeh]

4 is my favorite!

[@jjhandwritingacademy4183]

Very good 👌👌👌

[@archanaanil013]

1 looks soo good...

[@jennicanela]

I like 1 & 4 🤩

[@DavidVilchezVilela]

3 is the best one!!!

[@lizvanwessem2055]

number 4 is my favorite... :) interesting to see reactions - and thank you, @Madeline M, for the suggestion of a free alt!

[@carla99ot]

Number 4 is my favorite ☺️

[@judimunk7750]

4 is my favorite.

[@nicholehubiak7628]

I like option 1 the best.

[@rauchschwalbelp7693]

I like 1 and 4 best, number 1 uses the shape of the words smart.

[@andreasmith2673]

Definitely #4 😉

[@ishani124]

3 # and 4# are my favourite.

[@thegrovebeachhouse6123]

4 is my fav

[@helloamycus]

Number 1!

[@sandralucas3955]

#3 is my favorite

[@sweetpeabarbe]

I like #4 the best

[@diamondandwillowbonniepete7912]

I like 1 and 4. Can you use Adobe on the iPad or does it need to be a computer?

[@camillestaub7759]

I like 3!

[@naomiscollectionofvideos4231]

I love #1

[@sarahbuller1095]

Can you do this all on procreate instead of Adobe illustrator?

[@SuzetteSantori1]

W.O.W.
🤯

[@YouHaque]

No. 3 and 4!! But no. 3 is great because Sarah & Jason sounds easier to enunciate than Jason & Sarah.

[@spookylazra19]

I like 4!

[@deepikakn1]

2&4 are good

[@lauriquigley1550]

My favorite is #2.

[@artwithbecky]

My favorite layout is 3.

[@pencilvania777]

Your Username is amazing 🤩

[@veroprg]

I like 3😁

[@lourichardconway371]

I like #1 .... however, I would play around with more layouts with the 'and' in the banner, I do like that!

[@denisedyer3410]

it's a tie between 2 and 4!

[@stickyricepapaya]

Hi Becca, when I ungroup I still can't move and resize each word? Any suggestions?

[@crystailmoniquesmith8088]

Can I do this on Canva as well

[@alixgalloway2809]

Man I wish I wrote that smoothly with that marker . I always snag/skip on the top turns

[@reena2010]

How we can do the same thing on Android??
Loved the idea but don't have the options on Android😐

[@hey_virginia]

Inkscape works on PC though I don't think there's an Android mobile app version

[@muskadobbit]

You can email the picture to yourself.

[@samwinter2874]

Hi, Please can someone help! I have downloaded Adobe Illustrator. I have scanned a hand written note into my laptop (Windows) , and converted this to a SVG file. I have then tried to open this on BROTHER PE Design PLUS 2 software, however when i am trying to open the file it says 'unexpected file format' and i can not continue. I am trying to digitalise text to embroider on to items.
Thanks in advance.

[@katherinehomberger1137]

Four!

[@PalenzuelaL]

I like #2

[@11cyndee]

I like 3

[@charlenecanchola6535]

I like.4.

[@glorious5389]

First ❤️

[@dayasagar7453]

Do you have any crafts for writers

[@emmaburtenshaw6650]

I prefer no.4

[@VidhiDhaduk]

Third 😀

[@annaandgary1]

2😊

[@scottolson4505]

did you say control zed key to undo?

[@TheHappyEverCrafter]

Yup, I'm Canadian 🍁

[@muskadobbit]

2 is my choice. Lets Sarah’s name stand out but also isn’t as busy as #4

[@cathyknapp8904]

#4

[@rayemartineau8644]

💓👍👀 3/25/22

[@brendarenesoldenkamp347]

3

[@seareneziyad3017]

Has anyone tried Affinity Designer? Does it do the job for this kind of digitizing?

[@johnwood1944]

Number 4

[@threeboys42]

1

[@lizstaddon8562]

2

[@rach23forever72]

4, "4" sure :-)

[@shauryakumarxa7778]

First

[@shauryakumarxa7778]

😎😎😎

[@vcervantes1020]

#4 is my favorite