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Auto Trace
For Auto Trace we have terms and definitions in 2 topics. The topics are Illustration and Scanner.
Auto Trace (Illustration) 
A function in illustration software that creates paths along the edges of a scanned sketch. A common way to begin a drawing is to create a pencil or ink drawing and scan that. This scan will be used as a template over which the auto tracing occurs. The next step is typically to clean up the paths the auto trace function created and then discard the template scan file. There is significant concern when using auto trace functions that the shapes will be overly complex (too many anchor points) and will not output. This is a leading cause of output failure.
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Auto Trace (Scanner)
A feature found in many object-oriented image editing programs, such as Adobe Illustrator, that allows you to trace a scanned image and convert it to an outline or vector format.
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