Powertrace and outline

Hi,

I just purchased X7 64 bits and I'm surprised that the powertrace function still have the same problem of white outline.

With X4, I used "Jeff's Outline Color Same as Fill" macro to fix that problem. But this macro has a warning message at the end with X7 64 bits (but it works...).

So, is there a version of this macro for X7 64 bits ? Will the corel team fix that problem in the future ? How do you deal with this problem of outline ?

Thanks.

Emmanuel

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0 Jeff Harrison over 9 years ago

mandelion said:
But this macro has a warning message at the end with X7 64 bits (but it works...).
If it works, you are in luck! :-) No plans to update for the moment.
mandelion said:
Will the corel team fix that problem in the future?
No.
mandelion said:
How do you deal with this problem of outline?
The outline is a problem of screen display anti-aliasing. changing view modes proves this.
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0 mandelion over 9 years ago in reply to Jeff Harrison

Hi Jeff,

I'm pleased the author of this macro replyed ;)

Well, you said it's just a screen display problem.
For me It's also a problem for printing as the outlline appears on the print.
Sometime I use powertrace to convert a small bitmap in vector, enlarge the vector and then convert it to bitmap again (in order to get a big bitmap). In that case for example, the outline are visible...
That's why your macro is very usefull. And I hope you will find the time to update it for X7 64 bits.
I also think that powertrace should do it natively (without the need of a macro) as other program (vector magic, illustrator).

Emmanuel

ps : good morning Stefan, I'm in Europe too...
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0 Ronny Axelsson over 9 years ago in reply to mandelion

mandelion said:
...then convert it to bitmap again (in order to get a big bitmap). In that case for example, the outline are visible
A workaround you can try before converting to bitmap: Duplicate all objects ("+" on numeric keypad) and then create a bitmap from the originals and the copies together.
This should to take care of the anti-aliasing problem.
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0 Stefan Lindblad over 9 years ago in reply to mandelion

Hi Emmanuel and good morning :-)

I see that jeff and Ronny chipped in. That's good.
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0 mandelion over 9 years ago in reply to Ronny Axelsson

Hi Ronny,

Thanks for this tip that works well for bitmaps.
Anyway JH's macro works (appart the warning message).
I actually never tested a vector print with that outline since I always used JH's macro. Does it also appear on the print ?...
I just hope the powertrace function won't have that outline natively and I assumed that it would be a request (for future coreldraw update) from any powertrace's users ...

Emmanuel
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0 Ronny Axelsson over 9 years ago in reply to mandelion

Glad it worked. It is not the solution but at least a doable workaround.

Regarding the ability to fix PowerTrace, it is like Jeff said: The problem is not in Trace, it is the screen anti-aliasing.
I agree it would be wonderful if they could make it better but from what I've heard it would affect performance negatively.
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0 Jeff Harrison over 9 years ago in reply to mandelion

mandelion said:
Sometime I use powertrace to convert a small bitmap in vector, enlarge the vector and then convert it to bitmap again (in order to get a big bitmap).
Converting full color images to a trace will dramatically reduce the color palette. I'd used the built-in Photozoom pro in Photo-Paint to enlarge bitmap images:

Look for File | Export For | PhotoZoom Pro 3
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