I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to do this in Coreldraw X6?
http://screencast.com/t/S8QcuukVRvT
I just really hate to purchase another software!
Thanks,
Tracee
I too have wondered how to do this and have been looking at options. One benefit of such a process for me would be you could make a photographic effect from one color of cut vinyl. I don't know of a quick technique in Corel Draw to make this kind of output.
For this to work the strips, groves or patterns have to be something the machine can handle. I think this was your intention as the video you posted was from a vinyl cutting program.
pranderson's suggestion is good for getting the visual effect but it is a raster solution. If you are in need of pure vectors to generate cutting paths it is not complete. There is another raster option that gets close which is a Gimp plugin found here: http://pages.infinit.net/leware/engrave.html
Using either maybe the results could be traced to get a vector output.
There is a program called Project5 purports to have this capability. It is around $300. Here is a sample image so you can see how the cutting paths looking up close.
Now, the newcomer and it's free!! At least it's new to me as I have just recently started fiddling with it. ZebraTrace. http://maxim-s-barabash.github.io/ZebraTrace/ It produces SVG files. I still haven't completely wrapped my head around it and documentation is scarce.
There is also PhotoVCarve for about $150. http://www.vectric.com/products/photovcarve.html
Yes, this is what I was trying to do. VinylMaster LTR does this for another $100. I was trying to see if there was a way to do it in Corel to cut vinyl.
I did try ZebraTrace and it wasn't as good but I think if I played with the settings it may work..
My friend said the full version of Flexisign does it also, but I only have the starter.
Ahhh wish I had kept the older versions of Corel I used to have!!!