Can someone show me how to outline or trace an image that is imported so I can work on it.
Have you tried the search function already?
Unless it’s an easy image to trace, try my
It includes ImageTrimmer which can help with this [needs a PNG image with transparency set for unwanted parts, and JAR files set to auto-execute in Java] …
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