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4.11 EXPORTING TO MTC GALLERY .......................................................................................................................................................... 82
4.12 EXPORTING AS SVG ......................................................................................................................................................................... 82
4.13 EXPORTING AS EPS/AI OR PDF ........................................................................................................................................................ 83
4.14 EXPORTING AS A RASTER FILE .......................................................................................................................................................... 83
4.15 USING WINDOWS COPY/PASTE ......................................................................................................................................................... 84
Adobe Illustrator ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 84
Inkscape .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 85
KNK Studio/ ACS Studio ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 85
5. WORKING WITH TEXT .......................................................................................................................................................................... 86
5.01 THE TEXT AND FONTS TAB ................................................................................................................................................................ 86
5.02 OPENING FONT FILES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 87
5.03 ADD TEXT GROUP ............................................................................................................................................................................ 87
Rotating Text ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 88
Splitting Text .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 89
5.04 CREATING A CONNECTED LETTER TITLE ............................................................................................................................................ 90
5.05 INCORPORATING DINGBAT SHAPES INTO A TITLE ................................................................................................................................ 91
5.06 WELDING TITLES IN IMAGINATIVE WAYS ............................................................................................................................................. 91
5.07 FITTING TEXT TO THE OUTSIDE OF A SHAPE ....................................................................................................................................... 92
Wrapping Text around A Circle ................................................................................................................................................................................. 92
Wrapping Text Half-way Around the Top and the Bottom of a Circle ....................................................................................................................... 93
5.08 FITTING TEXT TO PATHS ................................................................................................................................................................... 95
Closed Path in Bézier Warp ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 95
Open Path in Bézier Warp ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 96
5.09 CREATING AN OVERLAY TITLE AND WELDING TEXT TO FRAMES ........................................................................................................... 97
5.10 STENCILING LETTERS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 99
5.11 OPEN PATH FONTS (OPF) .............................................................................................................................................................. 100
6. TRACING .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 101

6.01 RASTER VERSUS VECTOR ............................................................................................................................................................... 101
6.02 FINDING EASY IMAGES TO TRACE .................................................................................................................................................... 102
6.03 PIXEL TRACE .................................................................................................................................................................................. 102
6.03.1 Pixel Trace Method ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 104
6.03.2 Alpha Trace Method ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 106
6.03.3 Palette Trace ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 109
6.03.4 Color Trace ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 113
6.03.5 Color Scans Trace........................................................................................................................................................................................ 118
6.04 MANUAL TRACING .......................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Importing an Image for Manual Tracing .................................................................................................................................................................. 127
Manual Tracing Using the Bézier Curves and Straight Line (Pen Tool) ................................................................................................................. 128
Flip/Mirror and Weld to Complete Symmetrical Shapes ......................................................................................................................................... 131
7. EDITING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 132
7.01 SEPARATING AND COMBINING SHAPES ............................................................................................................................................ 132
Split ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 132
Break ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 133
Join .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 133
Layer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 134
Blackout ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 135
7.02 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 1: THE SIMPLIFY FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................. 136
7.02.1 Auto Simplify Paths ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 136
7.02.2 Auto Simplify Path ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 136
7.02.3 Smooth & Simplify ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 136
7.03 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 2: DETAILS ....................................................................................................................................... 137
View Path Detail ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 137
Nodes on Mat .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 138
7.04 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 3: THE PATH FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................. 138
Flatten Paths ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 138
Thin Paths ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 139
Fuse n’ Weld ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 140
Reverse Paths ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 140
7.05 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 4: TILER ........................................................................................................................................... 141
7.06 NODE MODE TOOLBAR ................................................................................................................................................................... 143
7.07 EDIT THIS PROJECT NORMALLY (SELECT TOOL) ............................................................................................................................... 144

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