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I own a screenprinting shop that has alot of greek customers. I am trying to tap into the press on letter shirt market. The only thing I can not figure out how to do 2 color shirts. I am using corel x3 to create the design, but it never works. I send it over without an outline and it cuts that fine, then I add an outline and it still only cuts the orginal letters. How do you make it cut just the outline so I can get into this market. I am using CutStudio for the cutting software and I have a small Roland SV-15 ( Sticka) as a plotter. Someone PLEASE HELP!!
Not sure exactly what you are doing. I am new to the cutters myself.
In Corel X3... if you are filling the letters with a color, and doing an outline around the letter, then it will cut just the outline... I believe.
Are you trying to cut a letter... have a space...then an outline?
If so.... what you will probably have to do is this...
Make your text........ put whatever outline you wish.... click on the outline and then convert the outline to an object. Then place an outline around that. Next, delete the portion between the text and the outine you just created.
If you change your view to simple wireframe.. you should be able to see the cut lines.
I will have to start corel and play with it... but I think another way to do it is by typing your text.... use the interactive contour tool and put 2 contours around it. Select all and then select simplify. You should be able to then go in and delete the portion you wish.
Select "Outside or Inside" whichever you prefer and also specify the offset. Depending on your lettering size usually .25 is good.
Then click "Apply"
You also do want to go to "View" and put it into wireframe mode so that you can see the actual vector art as KenS said.
After the outline is created -- select both objects and then go to "arrange" then "break apart". This should allow you to select each layer individually and separate them.
Usually, I like to cut and paste the background layer to a second page in Corel and then send them completely separately to the cutter.
I own a screenprinting shop that has alot of greek customers. I am trying to tap into the press on letter shirt market. The only thing I can not figure out how to do 2 color shirts. I am using corel x3 to create the design, but it never works. I send it over without an outline and it cuts that fine, then I add an outline and it still only cuts the orginal letters. How do you make it cut just the outline so I can get into this market. I am using CutStudio for the cutting software and I have a small Roland SV-15 ( Sticka) as a plotter. Someone PLEASE HELP!!
If these letters come from a font, then you don't need Corel at all. Just type the font directly into CutStudio. Then go to the text properties and you can adjust the "bold" slider to get the size outline you want. Cut each one on a different color and your are done.
If it's not a font, then you'll have to change it from a font to an path object. At least that's what you have to do in AI. Don't know about Corel.
Having trouble w/2 color letter shirts 
