vectorizing in corel draw x 5

You could try copying the design from corel into photopaint and then editing the design to see whether this works

Thanks i'll try it...i think ima have 2 get an art tablet 2 make life a lil easier..

essarr1972 said:

hello once again to everyone...i have a question reguarding vectorizing hand drawn and colored art...my question is: when you do and outline trace,it traces the outside of the design now to fix it as fars touching up the outline i know you remove or add nodes,but lets say i have to fix up some of the inside lines how can go abpout doing that??? does the outline trace also trace the inside of the design or only the outside line...i was looking on you tube but cant seem to find it....please help..thanks in advance and happy printing...

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There are quite a few options with Tracing in X5, I'd just try the different options and see what is closest to what you need. I does trace absolutely everything in the image if you tell it to within the options. To alter the inside lines, you may need to "ungroup" the objects, then possibly "break apart" the lines into their separate items, then edit the nodes. Hope that helps.

Ryonet sells a program that is designed to do a better job of vectorizing stuff, you can look on their website. I personally can do it very quick by switching to wire frame and using the node tool. But the reality is bad art doesn't convert to well no matter what you use. So the best way sometimes is to get plenty of practice doing it the old fashion way and using the shapes and bezier to remake the image. Once you get proficient, a pretty complex design can take as little as 10 min. to do, I find most the times it's just easier to take the time and be in control of the whole design that way.

I used to do all of my own artwork production and do recommend that you learn how to do it. Now my wife's shop outsources it all as it is faster and cheaper to do it this way. When we have a rush job or something that is not quite right, I can easily edit it and not lose money from time lost as well.

thanks guys....im trying everything you guys are saying and i think it will all work a lil better and faster w a wacom tablet linked to corel draw...i'll keep u guys posted when i get it...thanks again..