Doc Mark
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
OK, I give up! For weeks now, I've tried to emulate the beautiful vector drawings that several people have posted of their purposed scroll designs. (You know who you are!) I even went out and bought the newest version of Corel Draw because the Trace Function was supposed to be improved. I have read the huge manual and still have only the novice's concept of how to manipulate nodes etc.
Here's what I would like to do if possible, please tell me if I'm all wet! I draw the design a minimum of twice the proposed size. I then trace it onto tracing paper and ink it with the finest tip 005 ceramic tip marker. This is run through the scanner and into Corel Draw. I change it to a bitmap and run the Trace Function. I've tried the "Centerline Trace" and move the sliders into every conceivable combination possible, and it always looks like a Picasso rendering of the scrolls! So then I try "Outline Trace" and can get a semblance of the design but it is ROUGH and wherever two lines come close together, then the program tries to "fill" the space with BLACK! If I try any of the sliders to "smooth" the design the edge accuracy is shot to hell. Next, I can't figure out how to convert the vectorized drawing into the "hairline" drawings that I can create if I draw directly with the various drawing media within the program. I don't want to try and draw the total design in Corel alone. I want to convert my existing drawings into hairline vector drawings with enough accuracy that I can print them onto my transparencies and transfer them directly to the metal. Where am I going wrong?
Please HELP,
Mark
Here's what I would like to do if possible, please tell me if I'm all wet! I draw the design a minimum of twice the proposed size. I then trace it onto tracing paper and ink it with the finest tip 005 ceramic tip marker. This is run through the scanner and into Corel Draw. I change it to a bitmap and run the Trace Function. I've tried the "Centerline Trace" and move the sliders into every conceivable combination possible, and it always looks like a Picasso rendering of the scrolls! So then I try "Outline Trace" and can get a semblance of the design but it is ROUGH and wherever two lines come close together, then the program tries to "fill" the space with BLACK! If I try any of the sliders to "smooth" the design the edge accuracy is shot to hell. Next, I can't figure out how to convert the vectorized drawing into the "hairline" drawings that I can create if I draw directly with the various drawing media within the program. I don't want to try and draw the total design in Corel alone. I want to convert my existing drawings into hairline vector drawings with enough accuracy that I can print them onto my transparencies and transfer them directly to the metal. Where am I going wrong?
Please HELP,
Mark