4
KNK Studio/ ACS Studio ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 77
5. WORKING WITH TEXT .......................................................................................................................................................................... 78
5.01
T
HE
T
EXT AND
F
ONTS
T
AB
................................................................................................................................................................ 78
5.02
O
PENING
F
ONT
F
ILES
....................................................................................................................................................................... 79
5.03
A
DD
T
EXT
G
ROUP
............................................................................................................................................................................ 79
Rotating Text ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 80
Splitting Text .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 81
5.04
C
REATING A
C
ONNECTED
L
ETTER
T
ITLE
............................................................................................................................................ 82
5.05
I
NCORPORATING
D
INGBAT
S
HAPES INTO A
T
ITLE
................................................................................................................................ 83
5.06
W
ELDING
T
ITLES IN
I
MAGINATIVE
W
AYS
............................................................................................................................................. 83
5.07
F
ITTING
T
EXT TO THE
O
UTSIDE OF A
S
HAPE
....................................................................................................................................... 84
Wrapping Text around A Circle ................................................................................................................................................................................. 84
Wrapping Text Half-way Around the Top and the Bottom of a Circle ....................................................................................................................... 85
5.08
F
ITTING
T
EXT TO
P
ATHS
................................................................................................................................................................... 87
Closed Path in Bézier Warp ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 87
Open Path in Bézier Warp ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 88
5.09
C
REATING AN
O
VERLAY
T
ITLE AND
W
ELDING
T
EXT TO
F
RAMES
........................................................................................................... 89
5.10
S
TENCILING
L
ETTERS
....................................................................................................................................................................... 91
5.11
O
PEN
P
ATH
F
ONTS
(OPF) ................................................................................................................................................................ 92
6. TRACING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 93
6.01
R
ASTER VERSUS
V
ECTOR
................................................................................................................................................................. 93
6.02
F
INDING
E
ASY
I
MAGES TO
T
RACE
...................................................................................................................................................... 94
6.03
P
IXEL
T
RACE
.................................................................................................................................................................................... 94
6.03.1 Pixel Trace Method ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 96
6.03.2 Alpha Trace Method ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 98
6.03.3 Palette Trace ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 101
6.03.4 Color Trace ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 105
6.03.5 Color Scans Trace........................................................................................................................................................................................ 110
6.04
M
ANUAL
T
RACING
.......................................................................................................................................................................... 118
Importing an Image for Manual Tracing .................................................................................................................................................................. 119
Manual Tracing Using the Bézier Curves and Straight Line (Pen Tool) ................................................................................................................. 120
Flip/Mirror and Weld to Complete Symmetrical Shapes ......................................................................................................................................... 123
7. EDITING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 124
7.01
S
EPARATING AND
C
OMBINING
S
HAPES
............................................................................................................................................ 124
Split ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 124
Break ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 125
Join .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 125
Layer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Blackout ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 127
7.02
S
HAPE
M
AGIC
A
DVANCE
P
ART
1:
T
HE
S
IMPLIFY
F
UNCTIONS
............................................................................................................. 128
7.02.1 Auto Simplify Paths ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 128
7.02.2 Auto Simplify Path ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 128
7.02.3 Smooth & Simplify ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 128
7.03
S
HAPE
M
AGIC
A
DVANCE
P
ART
2:
D
ETAILS
....................................................................................................................................... 129
View Path Detail ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 129
Nodes on Mat .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 130
7.04
S
HAPE
M
AGIC
A
DVANCE
P
ART
3:
T
HE
P
ATH
F
UNCTIONS
.................................................................................................................. 130
Flatten Paths ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 130
Thin Paths ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 131
Fuse n’ Weld ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 132
Reverse Paths ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 132
7.05
S
HAPE
M
AGIC
A
DVANCE
P
ART
4:
T
ILER
........................................................................................................................................... 133
7.06
N
ODE
M
ODE
T
OOLBAR
................................................................................................................................................................... 135
7.07
E
DIT THIS
P
ROJECT
N
ORMALLY
(S
ELECT
T
OOL
) ............................................................................................................................... 136
7.08
M
EASURE
S
HAPE
L
ENGTHS AND
A
NGLES
(M
EASURE
T
OOL
) .............................................................................................................. 136
7.09
S
LICE
S
HAPES AND
L
INES
(K
NIFE
T
OOL
) .......................................................................................................................................... 138
7.10
E
RASE
S
ECTIONS OF
P
ATHS
(E
RASER
T
OOL
) ................................................................................................................................... 138
Erasing .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 138
Inverse Erasing (Adding to an Image) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 140
Eraser or Knife? ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 142
7.11
D
RAW
F
REEHAND
L
INES
................................................................................................................................................................. 143
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