I'd like to get the outline of this pattern as a vector and then resize to the size I want. I've imported bitmap and tried 3 forms of tracing, not satisfactory. I'm a complete beginner with X5, this is the only task I want to use X5 for at the moment. I just want to get up to steam as quickly as possible and get this this done as soon as I can. I don't want to spend ages and ages going into X5.
I have, The Official Guide to CorelDraw X5, again I don't want to spend ages wading through it to find out just the bare bones of what I need to do,to do the task I wish to complete at the moment.
I had a look at YouTube on PowerTrace I saw one video, How to extract the outline of a photo in Corel Draw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEOK9RwSqIQ
" Here you will learn how to use Corel Photopaint Cut Out Lab and the bezier tool in Corel Draw to trace an image. " I'm familiar, a little with the bezier tool.
I'm wondering should I try this method? Or is there another more straightforward way to vecor the pattern I want?
I'd be really grateful for any tips etc to point me in the right direction to get this done.
Thanks.
Hello,
I used the commercial method here. to draw the lion.
see attached.
1715.lion.zip
The 2nd letter you refer to as being on a site, is the font available anywhere? Then I can download, import and practice using your method.
hi, just right-click on the B image on the macromonster page, copy to clipboard, and then paste into coreldraw. I find it helpful to lock items in place using lock feature before drawing over them.
Yes you mentioned locking in the image. I Googled no joy, any media players that can play back the vids so have F/R stop, start and pause?
I have X4 and manual might be easy to load up X4 to follow your vids than trying to transcribe to different layout of X5. Then again might be you just have tool bars arranged differently.
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only buy macros if you have:
the macros that come are bonuses, helpful but not critical. does the lion work for your needs? Videos - I think there is some hotkeys to F/R stop, start and pause - check TXT file in ZIP file for instructions.
The hot keys not so great, press one, just takes right back to beginning, the other step controls same sort of problem. I downloaded the flash player mentioned in the notes. Your original tutorial was an .exe file you sent in a zip file. The flash player won't play .exe. I tried a screen recorder I have but only records videos played back. It wouldn't record Corel Draw live in use ( to put video up on YouTube ), so I used freeware, Screencast-O-Matic . This works great but the freeware version won't record audio. Have to upgrade to Pro for that $18, for a year licence, that's OK. The lion is great, just the ticket, thanks Jeff. The lion is a sandblast carving mask from a Butch Young tutorial DVD. Besides my other interests have got into surface, etching, shading and carving glass. Big compressor, big cabinet imported from States, as don't sell the kind of specialised cabinet in UK, Europe. Big blast pot, airlines, airbrush colouring carved glass. All more to learn.... phew
Thanks again.
the exe should be self-running files - did you launch them? I'll check tonight and see what's up. The macros should work for sure in X4. But there were changes in some later versions.