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Note that if a path drawn with
the Brush
tool
crosses itself, the overlap will be removed:
7.05 Manual Tracing of an Imported Image
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Sometimes the quality of an image will fail to yield a good auto-trace. It could be that the image is too small
or too detailed. If the image is important to you, then manually tracing offers another option for conversion to
a vector cut line.
•
The easiest way to manually trace a raster graphic is using the
Draw Tool
presented in
Section 7.04.1.
However, instead of trying to create the Bézier
curves as you go, it’s faster and easier to simply and quickly
click, click, click around the image placing a node wherever the path changes directions. Then you can go
back and manually move nodes and drag curves to fit the original image. This process is presented in the
next few subsections.
7.05.1 Importing an Image for Manual Tracing
•
Since you won’t be trying to auto-trace the raster image, use
File>Place Image
to import it onto the
Cutting
Mat
. In this tutorial, the
Dress.jpg
file shared at the link in
Section 7.03
will be used.
•
While this dress could easily be auto-traced, it provides a great example of how the
Draw Tool
can be used
to fit a shape such as this. So, it will be used for the manual tracing example.
•
In order to see the image, make sure
Show Outlines Only
is not checked on the
Document Panel
:
•
To avoid inadvertently selecting the image while tracing, lock that layer on the
Layers Bar
:
Overlaps automatically removed
Uncheck this option
Lock the layer
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