[micleross]

Ok... this is what I am trying to do!!!

I have a clipart image that is in color...... I want to take all the color out and make it simple black and white. How do I do that???

Every time I try it does a complete fill...... or something else that I don't want done. Help me out

 

[joeshaul]

If you don't still need it to be vector based, you can convert it to a black and white bitmap with a few steps:
First I'd convert it to Grayscale by going to Bitmaps->Convert to Bitmap, Grayscale. Then I'd convert it to black and white by going to Bitmaps->Mode->Black and White, this will give you a dialog where you can select a few different options for how it's going to convert, if you tell it line art and you set a high threshhold, it should get you there pretty much.

If you still need it to be vector, then you need to utilize the variety of shaping tools and so on in order to make it be one object (Arrange->Shaping->Combine might get you there the first go, but depends). That really becomes dependent on the graphic as to the quickest way to get it done (sometimes manually selecting each object, othertimes using find object, and so on).

 

[micleross]

It is already a vector art .......

Your going to really have to dumb it down step by step ..... I am a total newb when it comes to corel

 

[20vK]

If you are screen printing, just print it as a composite image and it will come out in tones.

Otherwise, covert to greyscale, which I believe you can still do in vector programs

 

[micleross]

If you are screen printing, just print it as a composite image and it will come out in tones.

Otherwise, covert to greyscale, which I believe you can still do in vector programs

sounds good. ......... how do i convert to greyscale?

 

[Ripcord]

When you import a clipart vector image, the individual fills and lines will be grouped. That's why the whole thing is filling at once. The first thing to do is click "ungroup all" and then you should be able to select each component of the drawing and change it to either black or white as necessary.

 

[micleross]

When you import a clipart vector image, the individual fills and lines will be grouped. That's why the whole thing is filling at once. The first thing to do is click "ungroup all" and then you should be able to select each component of the drawing and change it to either black or white as necessary.

Ok..... cool

So I have to go in and change is all piece by piece? Is there any way to click a few buttons and just take the color out??

 

[20vK]

Colour>greyscale ...,. Or choose rgb, or cmyk.

Depends on your software and the version.

You can always paste it into the raster program (photoshop etc), then convert to greyscale in that.

What software are you using? Name and version?

Edit: oh, Corel. I don't know that. Look up greyscale for Corel on YouTube

 

[micleross]

Colour>greyscale ...,. Or choose rgb, or cmyk.

Depends on your software and the version.

You can always paste it into the raster program (photoshop etc), then convert to greyscale in that.

What software are you using? Name and version?

Edit: oh, Corel. I don't know that. Look up greyscale for Corel on YouTube

I am using corel x6

 

[Ripcord]

Ok..... cool

So I have to go in and change is all piece by piece? Is there any way to click a few buttons and just take the color out??

Depending on the design, you can make use of "find/replace color" or a marquis selection to make the job quicker.

 

[Free Man]

though I have your corel program I dont use it much. Look in colors for threshold. click it and should have an option to slide arrow back and forth for more or less black? If you dont find it there, just google search and download a free gimp program and use the threshold tool there. good Luck.

 

[miktoxic]

like ripcord said. ungroup everything (i don't know what it's called in corel.....break apart?) then you can select the different components and choose no fill or delete a section etc.

there is no magic button.

even doing it this way it should take you ten to fifteen minutes depending on how many colors and complexity of design.

 

[Skinbus]

Threshold should do it.

 

[miktoxic]

he's using coreldraw.

 

[Skinbus]

Whoops! Brain fart..

 

[NoXid]

When you import a clipart vector image, the individual fills and lines will be grouped. That's why the whole thing is filling at once. The first thing to do is click "ungroup all" and then you should be able to select each component of the drawing and change it to either black or white as necessary.

Yup, this is the way to go.

Select the art, then Ungroup All. Then click on some empty area of the screen to deselect everything. Then select an object, or multiple objects, and set its color as you like; rinse, repeat.

 

[miktoxic]

yes, that's the way to do it, in illustrator.

i'm just wondering if the terminology is the same in coreldraw, which the OP is using.

 

[20vK]

Edited edited

 

[NoXid]

yes, that's the way to do it, in illustrator.

i'm just wondering if the terminology is the same in coreldraw, which the OP is using.

Yes, I use CorelDraw, myself, not Illustrator, but it appears that it still comes down to ungrouping objects.

 

[miktoxic]

Yes, I use CorelDraw, myself, not Illustrator, but it appears that it still comes down to ungrouping objects.

cool.

i just didn't know if that's what it's called in coreldraw. i know a lot of terms are different in illustrator than in coreldraw. we (illy users) have the pathfinder tools with certain functions like merge and minus front which i know are different in coreldraw.

so i didn't know if you guys (corel users) called it group and un group.