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    Started (Available In Beta)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    The latest Beta 28.7.0.45 finally offers transparency support.

    Transparent background is no longer traced as white in color presets '3 Colors', '6 Colors', '16 Colors', 'Low Fidelity Photo' and 'High Fidelity Photo'.

    Not (yet hopefully) supported for Black & White based presets.

    Partial transparency is not supported and will lead to incorrect colors for these regions. Overlapping path method will also result in incorrect object appearance.

    Note also this build introduced Logical Grouping of paths in output when expanded — to hopefully allow easier editing,

    Please try the build and provide feedback.

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    Ricardo A. commented  · 

    I would like the feature to trace a png image with white body and alpha channel active.

    Sometimes my clients send me a PNG with transparency to work with, like a logo or graphic of their own. To speed up the process I tend to vectorize with Image Trace because I need it in vectors, but it's impossible if the image is with white body and transparency because I end up with a solid white rectangle.

    In this cases, I need to open Photoshop, add my png, create a clipping mask, paint with the brush using any color except white, export, open again in Illustrator, and now i can Image Trace it.

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