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4.12 EXPORTING AS SVG ......................................................................................................................................................................... 71
4.13 EXPORTING AS EPS/AI OR PDF ........................................................................................................................................................ 72
4.14 EXPORTING AS A RASTER FILE .......................................................................................................................................................... 72
4.15 USING WINDOWS COPY/PASTE ......................................................................................................................................................... 73
Adobe Illustrator................................................................................................................................................................................ 73
Inkscape ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 74
KNK Studio/ ACS Studio................................................................................................................................................................... 74
5. WORKING WITH TEXT ...................................................................................................................................................... 75
5.01 THE TEXT AND FONTS TAB ................................................................................................................................................................ 75
5.02 OPENING FONT FILES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 76
5.03 ADD TEXT GROUP ............................................................................................................................................................................ 76
Rotating Text .................................................................................................................................................................................... 77
Splitting Text ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 78
5.04 CREATING A CONNECTED LETTER TITLE ............................................................................................................................................ 79
5.05 INCORPORATING DINGBAT SHAPES INTO A TITLE ................................................................................................................................ 80
5.06 WELDING TITLES IN IMAGINATIVE WAYS ............................................................................................................................................. 80
5.07 FITTING TEXT TO THE OUTSIDE OF A SHAPE ....................................................................................................................................... 81
Wrapping Text around A Circle ......................................................................................................................................................... 81
Wrapping Text Half-way Around the Top and the Bottom of a Circle ............................................................................................... 82
5.08 FITTING TEXT TO PATHS ................................................................................................................................................................... 84
Closed Path in Bézier Warp .............................................................................................................................................................. 84
Open Path in Bézier Warp ................................................................................................................................................................ 85
5.09 CREATING AN OVERLAY TITLE AND WELDING TEXT TO FRAMES ........................................................................................................... 86
5.10 STENCILING LETTERS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 88
5.11 OPEN PATH FONTS (OPF) ................................................................................................................................................................ 89
6. TRACING ........................................................................................................................................................................... 90

6.01 RASTER VERSUS VECTOR ................................................................................................................................................................. 90
6.02 FINDING EASY IMAGES TO TRACE ...................................................................................................................................................... 91
6.03 PIXEL TRACE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 91
6.03.1 Pixel Trace Method ................................................................................................................................................................ 93
6.03.2 Alpha Trace Method .............................................................................................................................................................. 95
6.03.3 Palette Trace ......................................................................................................................................................................... 98
6.03.4 Color Trace .......................................................................................................................................................................... 102
6.03.5 Color Scans Trace ............................................................................................................................................................... 107
6.04 MANUAL TRACING .......................................................................................................................................................................... 115
Importing an Image for Manual Tracing .......................................................................................................................................... 116
Manual Tracing Using the Bézier Curves and Straight Line (Pen Tool) ......................................................................................... 117
Flip/Mirror and Weld to Complete Symmetrical Shapes ................................................................................................................. 120

7. EDITING ........................................................................................................................................................................... 121
7.01 SEPARATING AND COMBINING SHAPES ............................................................................................................................................ 121
Split ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 121
Break .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 122
Join ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 122
Layer ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 123
Blackout .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 124
7.02 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 1: THE SIMPLIFY FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................. 125
7.02.1 Auto Simplify Paths.............................................................................................................................................................. 125
7.02.2 Auto Simplify Path ............................................................................................................................................................... 125
7.02.3 Smooth & Simplify ............................................................................................................................................................... 125
7.03 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 2: DETAILS ....................................................................................................................................... 126
View Path Detail ............................................................................................................................................................................. 126
Nodes on Mat ................................................................................................................................................................................. 127
7.04 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 3: THE PATH FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................. 127
Flatten Paths................................................................................................................................................................................... 127
Thin Paths....................................................................................................................................................................................... 128
Fuse n’ Weld ................................................................................................................................................................................... 129
Reverse Paths ................................................................................................................................................................................ 129
7.05 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 4: TILER ........................................................................................................................................... 130
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