[FaytlND]

So I am in the middle of trying to move my chip label design from Photoshop to Illustrator to take advantage of the vector graphics. Its slow moving, but I seem to be getting there. However, I am having one problem that I wonder if anyone can help me with.

I have a clip art image of a harp that I need to get into the center of my label. The image I have is just black and white, and I need to fill it with a different color for each chip. I have successfully used live trace in Illustrator to turn the clip art into a black and white vector graphic. However, the problem comes when I try and add this to the center of my design. Although I paste it in, I can't get the white square around it to disappear. I would normally handle this with some quick work with the wand and let transparency do the rest. However, Illustrator does not have this option.

I have messed around with saving clipping path info in photoshop, however this destroys the point since it is no longer a vector object after the import from photoshop. So how do you get the white box to not be visible while maintaining the object as a vector image? Any help would be greatly appreciated/

[Bostonpokerchips]

somewhere in your design there should be a white square that is acting as the background select it and delete it. (cntrl A to select all and you should see its outline)