randyc

Thanks for all the help Shumway, but I still keep running into walls here. Now when I go to trace the logo again, it just disappears. And earlier when it wasn't disappearing, when I selected the blue part, it still outlined the snow inside of the logo.

A problem I keep running into is when I select to outline it, everything gets outlined, rather than just the outer edges of the logo, which is what I want.

I don't have CS4, but I wouldn't think it's different from CS3..... Click on whatever object you want outlined, then go up to Object>Path>Offset Path. Then, type in a size. Or, you could always just add a stroke in the colors palette, and then go to Object>Expand. Hopefully that helps. Okay, but say for example I wanted to outline the Colorado Avalanche primary logo from the site, but when I copy it into Illustrator its still a .gif file, so when I select it it doesn't select the image itself but rather the dimensions like this. What I'm trying to do is just added a white outline to the logo itself so for concepts its more correct rather than on the Avalanche home jersey the burgundy isn't touching the logo but there's a white outline separating the logo and the burgundy. Does that make any sense? Hopefully I'm getting this right.... From what I've gathered, the logo you're using isn't vector, meaning it's a gif/jpeg/png rather than a eps or ai....is that right? If you need a vector file, I think I have it somewhere, then you can do the offset path thing I listed above. Yeah it's still the original .gif from the website. Is there anyway to convert logos from the site into .ai format?

I don't have CS4, but I wouldn't think it's different from CS3..... Click on whatever object you want outlined, then go up to Object>Path>Offset Path. Then, type in a size. Or, you could always just add a stroke in the colors palette, and then go to Object>Expand. Hopefully that helps. Okay, but say for example I wanted to outline the Colorado Avalanche primary logo from the site, but when I copy it into Illustrator its still a .gif file, so when I select it it doesn't select the image itself but rather the dimensions like this. What I'm trying to do is just added a white outline to the logo itself so for concepts its more correct rather than on the Avalanche home jersey the burgundy isn't touching the logo but there's a white outline separating the logo and the burgundy. Does that make any sense?

Could someone give me a quick breakdown on adding an outline to logos in CS4, such as the logos off this site? I just can't seem to figure it out.