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Originally Posted by carefree |  | | | | | | | | | I signed up for the webinar the other day. Very excited about it. 
I was hoping for an easier way to switch the photoshop over to corel. Since I spent hours, days and weeks creating all my alphabets on different layers and dropping those layers into new documents to form my word designs.
I really didn't want to have to spend hours, days and weeks again recreating everything in corel.
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Try this:
1) Raise the resolution/dpi in photoshop. 300 dpi is a good place to start.
2) Click the magic wand
3) Change the tolerance to 10
4) Click anywhere in the white background
5) Click Select then Similar
6) Press delete to remove the background. It will help get good trace of the image in Coreldraw.
7) Save the image
8) Import it in Corel Draw
9) Press enter when the marker comes up to place it in the center of the page.
10) Click the image and Bitmaps
11) Click convert to bitmap
12) Change the DPI to 300 if it is not already set to that value
13) Click Anti-aliasing checkbox
14) Click the Transparent background check box
15) Click OK
16) Click Bitmaps
17) Click Outline Trace
18) Click Line Art
Note: A message might come up to reduce the image size. Click Keep the original command button.
19) When the dialogue box opens the following check boxes have to be checked if they are not marked already:
-Delete original image
-Remove Background
-Merge adjacent objects of the same color
-Remove overlapping objects
20) Click OK
21) Click Arrange then ungroupall
22) Click the Shape tool or press F10
23) Press Ctrl A to select all the nodes
24) There is an input box in the tool bars above the horizontal ruler next to Reduce Nodes
25) Type 10 then enter to reduce stray nodes
26) Click and delete any extra stray outlines
27) That is as good as it is going to get
28) Try sending it to the cutter.
I also have a tutorial for contour cutting bitmap image that is pretty much the same as the procedure above. It is written with pictorial illustrations. It shows from Photoshop Elements to Corel Draw transition. Here is the link:
http://sites.google.com/site/lnfortu...edirects=0&d=1
The tool locations and names may be different. That was written in X3 environment. The functions are the same in X4.
Send me a PM if you have any question.
BTW you might want to check this thread:
Tips and Tutorials for Making Rhinestone Templates In Corel And Illustrator
There are lots of tips and tricks for Corel Draw users.
Photoshop 5.0 to corel X4 
