Hi this is driving me crazy, I’m trying to laser cut some name necklaces on my fibre laser. I do the names in coreldraw, convert to curves, change the nib size to 0.5mm so the letters are nice and thick, move all the letters together so there’s no gaps then combine. The issue is I need a traced outline of the name without it going any thinner or anything so that I can save it as an svg file and transfer To the laser as a cutting line. I know it can be done as someone traced the one below for me on Fiverr but I have loads to do and can’t keep paying for every different name.
here’s a pic of what I needd
From your text, it sound as though you tried to attach a picture - but I don't see anything.
It might help if you could show an example showing:
There may be another approach - not using Trace, but perhaps using some of CorelDRAW's vector tools - to get to where you want to go.
Yes I can’t seem to add the image for some reason
I has to be a JPG and it has to be under 900 KB
David Milisock said:I has to be a JPG and it has to be under 900 KB
I usually post screenshots here as .PNG, and it works fine.
I do too but unfortunately I failed to mention it. PNG lacks the compression of JPG so it limits the physical size.
David Milisock said: PNG lacks the compression of JPG so it limits the physical size.
PNG uses different compression than JPG. Suitability of PNG vs. JPG depends on the nature of the image with which one is working, and on the desired result.
For photographic images, the lossy compression of JPG can deliver a lot of compression.
PNG can be very suitable for some types of images - e.g., screenshots of software user interfaces, technical diagrams - where the lossless compression of PNG can reduce the file size without losing any of the crisp, sharp-edged content.
Horses for courses.
Iv tried everything png jpeg compressing to 43kb but still no joy, Iv tried a Facebook forum instead