Full Version: Making outline of clipart
From: Precision Laser Creations (PIZZAMAN) [#1]
9 Jan 2007
To: ALL
Hi All,
I'm trying to make an outline of a clipart teddybear that I want to cut out of acrylic. I'm using coreldraw 12. Is there a simple way to get this without drawing it by hand. I got as far a turning the whole object white and making the hairline outline black. I then made it 104% the size. I had to bring out a couple of corners so when I picked the shape tool and clicked on the object the outline showed 272 different nodes.
I couldn't figure out how to bring the node total down to a couple without clicking and deleting them one by one. When I picked select all nodes and delete the whole object disappeared. I'm sure there's a simpler way and would appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Tony
From: BWC (SPY007) [#2]
9 Jan 2007
To: Precision Laser Creations (PIZZAMAN) [#1] 9 Jan 2007
Look up at menu bar. The bottom bar is the property bar for node editing. The last item is curve smoothness. It starts at 0 and as number is increased the number of nodes decreases.
Hope this helps
Brian
EDITED: 9 Jan 2007 by SPY007
From: Precision Laser Creations (PIZZAMAN) [#3]
9 Jan 2007
To: BWC (SPY007) [#2] 10 Jan 2007