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4.01 ACCESSING THE IMPORT OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 80
4.02 IMPORTING FROM THE ONLINE MTC GALLERY .................................................................................................................................... 80
4.03 IMPORTING SVG, SVGZ FROM YOUR COMPUTER .............................................................................................................................. 81
4.04 IMPORTING AI, EPS, PS, PDF .......................................................................................................................................................... 82
4.05 IMPORTING SCUT, SCUT2, WPC, GSD ........................................................................................................................................... 83
4.06 IMPORTING TTF, OTF FONT FILES .................................................................................................................................................... 83
4.07 IMPORTING FROM LETTERING DELIGHTS ............................................................................................................................................ 83
4.08 IMPORTING RASTER FILES (JPG, BMP, PNG, ETC.)........................................................................................................................... 85
4.09 ACCESSING THE EXPORT OPTIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 85
4.10 EXPORTING TO BASIC SHAPES .......................................................................................................................................................... 85
4.11 EXPORTING TO MTC GALLERY .......................................................................................................................................................... 86
4.12 EXPORTING AS SVG ......................................................................................................................................................................... 86
4.13 EXPORTING AS EPS/AI OR PDF ........................................................................................................................................................ 87
4.14 EXPORTING AS A RASTER FILE .......................................................................................................................................................... 87
4.15 USING WINDOWS COPY/PASTE ......................................................................................................................................................... 88
Adobe Illustrator ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 88
Inkscape ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 89
KNK Studio/ ACS Studio......................................................................................................................................................................................... 89
5. WORKING WITH TEXT .......................................................................................................................................................................... 90
5.01 THE TEXT AND FONTS TAB ................................................................................................................................................................ 90
5.02 OPENING FONT FILES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 91
5.03 ADD TEXT GROUP ............................................................................................................................................................................ 91
Rotating Text ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 92
Splitting Text ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 93
5.04 CREATING A CONNECTED LETTER TITLE ............................................................................................................................................ 94
5.05 INCORPORATING DINGBAT SHAPES INTO A TITLE ................................................................................................................................ 95
5.06 WELDING TITLES IN IMAGINATIVE WAYS ............................................................................................................................................. 95
5.07 FITTING TEXT TO THE OUTSIDE OF A SHAPE ....................................................................................................................................... 96
Wrapping Text around A Circle ............................................................................................................................................................................. 96
Wrapping Text Half-way Around the Top and the Bottom of a Circle................................................................................................................ 97
5.08 FITTING TEXT TO PATHS ................................................................................................................................................................... 99
Closed Path in Bézier Warp ................................................................................................................................................................................... 99
Open Path in Bézier Warp .................................................................................................................................................................................... 100
5.09 CREATING AN OVERLAY TITLE AND WELDING TEXT TO FRAMES ......................................................................................................... 101
5.10 STENCILING LETTERS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 103
5.11 OPEN PATH FONTS (OPF) .............................................................................................................................................................. 104

6. TRACING .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 105
6.01 RASTER VERSUS VECTOR ............................................................................................................................................................... 105
6.02 FINDING EASY IMAGES TO TRACE .................................................................................................................................................... 106
6.03 PIXEL TRACE .................................................................................................................................................................................. 106
6.03.1 Pixel Trace Method .................................................................................................................................................................................... 108
6.03.2 Alpha Trace Method ................................................................................................................................................................................... 110
6.03.3 Palette Trace ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 113
6.03.4 Color Trace ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 117
6.03.5 Color Scans Trace ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 122
6.04 MANUAL TRACING .......................................................................................................................................................................... 130
Importing an Image for Manual Tracing .............................................................................................................................................................. 131
Manual Tracing Using the Bézier Curves and Straight Line (Pen Tool) .......................................................................................................... 132
Flip/Mirror and Weld to Complete Symmetrical Shapes ................................................................................................................................... 135

7. EDITING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 136
7.01 SEPARATING AND COMBINING SHAPES ............................................................................................................................................ 136
Split ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 136
Break ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 137
Join ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 137
Layer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 138
Blackout ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 139
7.02 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 1: THE SIMPLIFY FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................. 140
7.02.1 Auto Simplify Paths ................................................................................................................................................................................... 140
7.02.2 Auto Simplify Path ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 140
7.02.3 Smooth & Simplify ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 140
7.03 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 2: DETAILS ....................................................................................................................................... 141
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