7.04.2 Freehand Drawing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 151
7.04.3 Brush Drawing ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 152
7.05 MANUAL TRACING OF AN IMPORTED IMAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 152
7.05.1 Importing an Image for Manual Tracing ................................................................................................................................................... 152
7.05.2 Manual Tracing Using the Draw Tool ....................................................................................................................................................... 153
7.05.3 Editing the Trace ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 154
7.05.4 Copy, Mirror and Weld to Complete Symmetrical Shapes ..................................................................................................................... 156
8. SCAL: EDITING ................................................................................................................................................................................... 157
8.01 SIMPLIFY ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 157
8.02 SPLIT PATH .................................................................................................................................................................................... 158
8.03 CLOSE PATH .................................................................................................................................................................................. 160
8.04 JOIN PATHS ................................................................................................................................................................................... 160
8.05 PATH OFFSET ................................................................................................................................................................................ 161
8.06 ERASER ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 163
8.07 KNIFE AND CROP ............................................................................................................................................................................ 164
8.07.1 Using Knife ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 164
8.07.2 Using Crop .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 165
8.08 WHICH CUTTING TOOL TO USE? ...................................................................................................................................................... 166
8.09 RULER ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 167
8.10 THE SHAPE TOOL - PATH AND NODE EDITING .................................................................................................................................. 169
8.10.1 Moving a Path ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 169
8.10.2 Reshaping a Path ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 170
8.10.3 Examples of Smoothing Curves ............................................................................................................................................................... 174
8.10.4 Applications for the Shape Tool ............................................................................................................................................................... 175
9. SCAL: DESIGNING .............................................................................................................................................................................. 176
9.01 WHERE DO I START WITH LEARNING TO DESIGN? ............................................................................................................................ 176
9.02 PROJECT INFO ............................................................................................................................................................................... 176
9.03 BASIC SHAPES ............................................................................................................................................................................... 177
9.03.1 Rectangle .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 177
9.03.2 Rounded Rectangle ................................................................................................................................................................................... 177
9.03.3 Circle and Oval ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 178
9.03.4 Triangle ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 178
9.03.5 Polygon ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 178
9.03.6 Star .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 178
9.03.7 Spiral ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 179
9.04 SHADOW LAYER ............................................................................................................................................................................. 180
9.04.1 Shadow Layer Settings .............................................................................................................................................................................. 180
9.05 BOOLEAN OPERATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 183
9.05.1 Union ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 183
9.05.2 Intersection ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 184
9.05.3 Exclude ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 185
9.05.4 Front Minus Back ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 186
9.05.5 Back Minus Front ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 186
9.06 DUPLICATE ROTATED ..................................................................................................................................................................... 187
9.06.1 Duplicate Rotated Settings ....................................................................................................................................................................... 187
9.06.2 Using Duplicate Rotated to Design a Wreath .......................................................................................................................................... 188
9.06.3 Using Duplicate Rotated to Design a Frame ........................................................................................................................................... 189
9.07 OBJECT ON PATH ........................................................................................................................................................................... 190
9.07.1 Designing a Scalloped Oval ...................................................................................................................................................................... 191
9.07.2 Warp a Shape to a Path ............................................................................................................................................................................. 193
9.07.3 Remaining Settings .................................................................................................................................................................................... 194
9.08 WRAPPER ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 194
9.09 LATTICE ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 196
9.10 RHINESTONES ................................................................................................................................................................................ 200
9.10.1 Guidelines for Rhinestone Pattern Design .............................................................................................................................................. 200
9.10.2 Rhinestone Outline .................................................................................................................................................................................... 200
9.10.3 Rhinestone Fill............................................................................................................................................................................................ 201
9.10.4 Editing Rhinestone Designs ..................................................................................................................................................................... 202
9.10.5 Additional Tips on Rhinestone Designing ............................................................................................................................................... 203
9.11 JIGSAW PUZZLE ............................................................................................................................................................................. 205
9.12 3D ROTATE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 208
9.13 3D EXTRUDE (SCAL PRO ONLY) .................................................................................................................................................... 209
9.14 BARREL DISTORTION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 210
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