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KNK Studio/ ACS Studio ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 77
5. WORKING WITH TEXT .......................................................................................................................................................................... 78
5.01 THE TEXT AND FONTS TAB ................................................................................................................................................................ 78
5.02 OPENING FONT FILES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 79
5.03 ADD TEXT GROUP ............................................................................................................................................................................ 79
Rotating Text ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 80
Splitting Text .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 81
5.04 CREATING A CONNECTED LETTER TITLE ............................................................................................................................................ 82
5.05 INCORPORATING DINGBAT SHAPES INTO A TITLE ................................................................................................................................ 83
5.06 WELDING TITLES IN IMAGINATIVE WAYS ............................................................................................................................................. 83
5.07 FITTING TEXT TO THE OUTSIDE OF A SHAPE ....................................................................................................................................... 84
Wrapping Text around A Circle ................................................................................................................................................................................. 84
Wrapping Text Half-way Around the Top and the Bottom of a Circle ....................................................................................................................... 85
5.08 FITTING TEXT TO PATHS ................................................................................................................................................................... 87
Closed Path in Bézier Warp ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 87
Open Path in Bézier Warp ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 88
5.09 CREATING AN OVERLAY TITLE AND WELDING TEXT TO FRAMES ........................................................................................................... 89
5.10 STENCILING LETTERS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 91
5.11 OPEN PATH FONTS (OPF) ................................................................................................................................................................ 92

6. TRACING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 93
6.01 RASTER VERSUS VECTOR ................................................................................................................................................................. 93
6.02 FINDING EASY IMAGES TO TRACE ...................................................................................................................................................... 94
6.03 PIXEL TRACE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 94
6.03.1 Pixel Trace Method ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 96
6.03.2 Alpha Trace Method ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 98
6.03.3 Palette Trace ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 101
6.03.4 Color Trace ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 105
6.03.5 Color Scans Trace........................................................................................................................................................................................ 110
6.04 MANUAL TRACING .......................................................................................................................................................................... 118
Importing an Image for Manual Tracing .................................................................................................................................................................. 119
Manual Tracing Using the Bézier Curves and Straight Line (Pen Tool) ................................................................................................................. 120
Flip/Mirror and Weld to Complete Symmetrical Shapes ......................................................................................................................................... 123
7. EDITING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 124

7.01 SEPARATING AND COMBINING SHAPES ............................................................................................................................................ 124
Split ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 124
Break ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 125
Join .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 125
Layer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Blackout ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 127
7.02 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 1: THE SIMPLIFY FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................. 128
7.02.1 Auto Simplify Paths ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 128
7.02.2 Auto Simplify Path ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 128
7.02.3 Smooth & Simplify ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 128
7.03 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 2: DETAILS ....................................................................................................................................... 129
View Path Detail ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 129
Nodes on Mat .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 130
7.04 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 3: THE PATH FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................. 130
Flatten Paths ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 130
Thin Paths ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 131
Fuse n’ Weld ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 132
Reverse Paths ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 132
7.05 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 4: TILER ........................................................................................................................................... 133
7.06 NODE MODE TOOLBAR ................................................................................................................................................................... 135
7.07 EDIT THIS PROJECT NORMALLY (SELECT TOOL) ............................................................................................................................... 136
7.08 MEASURE SHAPE LENGTHS AND ANGLES (MEASURE TOOL) .............................................................................................................. 136
7.09 SLICE SHAPES AND LINES (KNIFE TOOL) .......................................................................................................................................... 138
7.10 ERASE SECTIONS OF PATHS (ERASER TOOL) ................................................................................................................................... 138
Erasing .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 138
Inverse Erasing (Adding to an Image) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 140
Eraser or Knife? ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 142
7.11 DRAW FREEHAND LINES ................................................................................................................................................................. 143

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