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Inkscape .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
KNK Studio/ ACS Studio ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
5. WORKING WITH TEXT .......................................................................................................................................................................... 77

5.01 THE TEXT AND FONTS TAB ................................................................................................................................................................ 77
5.02 OPENING FONT FILES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 78
5.03 ADD TEXT GROUP ............................................................................................................................................................................ 78
Rotating Text ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 79
Splitting Text .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 80
5.04 CREATING A CONNECTED LETTER TITLE ............................................................................................................................................ 81
5.05 INCORPORATING DINGBAT SHAPES INTO A TITLE ................................................................................................................................ 82
5.06 WELDING TITLES IN IMAGINATIVE WAYS ............................................................................................................................................. 82
5.07 FITTING TEXT TO THE OUTSIDE OF A SHAPE ....................................................................................................................................... 83
Wrapping Text around A Circle ................................................................................................................................................................................. 83
Wrapping Text Half-way Around the Top and the Bottom of a Circle ....................................................................................................................... 84
5.08 FITTING TEXT TO PATHS ................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Closed Path in Bézier Warp ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Open Path in Bézier Warp ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 87
5.09 CREATING AN OVERLAY TITLE AND WELDING TEXT TO FRAMES ........................................................................................................... 88
5.10 STENCILING LETTERS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 90
5.11 OPEN PATH FONTS (OPF) ................................................................................................................................................................ 91
6. TRACING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 92
6.01 RASTER VERSUS VECTOR ................................................................................................................................................................. 92
6.02 FINDING EASY IMAGES TO TRACE ...................................................................................................................................................... 93
6.03 PIXEL TRACE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 93
6.03.1 Pixel Trace Method ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 95
6.03.2 Alpha Trace Method ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 97
6.03.3 Palette Trace ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 100
6.03.4 Color Trace ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 104
6.03.5 Color Scans Trace........................................................................................................................................................................................ 109
6.04 MANUAL TRACING .......................................................................................................................................................................... 117
Importing an Image for Manual Tracing .................................................................................................................................................................. 118
Manual Tracing Using the Bézier Curves and Straight Line (Pen Tool) ................................................................................................................. 119
Flip/Mirror and Weld to Complete Symmetrical Shapes ......................................................................................................................................... 122
7. EDITING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 123
7.01 SEPARATING AND COMBINING SHAPES ............................................................................................................................................ 123
Split ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 123
Break ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 124
Join .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 124
Layer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 125
Blackout ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 126
7.02 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 1: THE SIMPLIFY FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................. 127
7.02.1 Auto Simplify Paths ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 127
7.02.2 Auto Simplify Path ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 127
7.02.3 Smooth & Simplify ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 127
7.03 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 2: DETAILS ....................................................................................................................................... 128
View Path Detail ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 128
Nodes on Mat .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 129
7.04 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 3: THE PATH FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................. 129
Flatten Paths ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 129
Thin Paths ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 130
Fuse n’ Weld ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 131
Reverse Paths ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 131
7.05 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 4: TILER ........................................................................................................................................... 132
7.06 NODE MODE TOOLBAR ................................................................................................................................................................... 134
7.07 EDIT THIS PROJECT NORMALLY (SELECT TOOL) ............................................................................................................................... 135
7.08 MEASURE SHAPE LENGTHS AND ANGLES (MEASURE TOOL) .............................................................................................................. 135
7.09 SLICE SHAPES AND LINES (KNIFE TOOL) .......................................................................................................................................... 137
7.10 ERASE SECTIONS OF PATHS (ERASER TOOL) ................................................................................................................................... 137
Erasing .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 137
Inverse Erasing (Adding to an Image) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 139
Eraser or Knife? ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 141

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