making a silioute

Walt, some things can be joined using the Shaping/Weld docker. Other
times, if you've got two curves that need to be joined, you can select
both and use the Arrange/combine menu followed by switching to the
shaping tool and Auto-join (in the property bar) to create a closed
object. A third option that sometimes works is the Smart Fill tool.
Click it in what should be the closed area and it creates a new object
there if the unclosed spaces are close enough.

Hope that helps. Sorry for the quick answer. Headed out the door.
Val P.

walt wrote:

> I have corel x3 virsion 13 and I am trying to copy an image (say from a
> picture on the internet) and it is in bitmap form. I have no problem
> converting it to vector are but I want it in all black (as a silioute) I
> can change the colors but my file is still full of the original color
> separation nodes. this creates a huge file for me to send and what I
> really want is just the outline. I have gone through a picture and
> after many hours of deleting nodes it appears i just have the outline
> but I can't fill it with any color.(black) I know Adobe Illustrator has
> a command (merge i think ) is there a simple way in corel to do this?
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