Creating objects from traced image for video

I want to take the traced star (and maybe the text) to use in a video project. I need to make individual objects that I can fill and animate in AE or Premiere. Is Illustrator the right app to use? And where is a tutorial on how this is done?

Alex,
The star is made of rather simple parts, and an obvious solution would be to recreate it using some of the Tools in the Rectangle Tool group and possibly the Pen Tool.
For the text, the easiest way would be to use the Type Tool; you may use similar fonts amng the countless ones available, or look for the exact font at sites like
http://www.identifont.com/
http://www.whatfontis.com/
http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

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