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5.01 THE TEXT AND FONTS TAB ................................................................................................................................................................ 67
5.02 OPENING FONT FILES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 67
5.03 ADD TEXT GROUP ............................................................................................................................................................................ 68
Rotating Text ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Splitting Text ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 69
5.04 CREATING A CONNECTED LETTER TITLE ............................................................................................................................................ 70
5.05 INCORPORATING DINGBAT SHAPES INTO A TITLE ................................................................................................................................ 71
5.06 WELDING TITLES IN IMAGINATIVE WAYS ............................................................................................................................................. 72
5.07 FITTING TEXT TO THE OUTSIDE OF A SHAPE ....................................................................................................................................... 73
Wrapping Text Around A Circle ............................................................................................................................................................................. 73
Wrapping Text Half-way Around the Top and the Bottom of a Circle................................................................................................................ 74
5.08 FITTING TEXT TO PATHS ................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Closed Path in Bézier Warp ................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Open Path in Bézier Warp ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 77
5.09 CREATING AN OVERLAY TITLE AND WELDING TEXT TO FRAMES ........................................................................................................... 77
5.10 STENCILING LETTERS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 79
5.11 OPEN PATH FONTS (OPF) ................................................................................................................................................................ 80
6. TRACING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 81
6.01 RASTER VERSUS VECTOR ................................................................................................................................................................. 81
6.02 FINDING EASY IMAGES TO TRACE...................................................................................................................................................... 82
6.03 PIXEL TRACE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Pixel Trace Method.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 83
Alpha Trace Method ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 86
Palette Trace ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 88
Color Trace .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 93
6.04 MANUAL TRACING ............................................................................................................................................................................ 99
Importing an Image for Manual Tracing ................................................................................................................................................................ 99
Manual Tracing Using the Bézier Curves and Straight Line (Pen Tool) .......................................................................................................... 101
Flip/Mirror and Weld to Complete Symmetrical Shapes ................................................................................................................................... 103
7. EDITING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 104
7.01 SEPARATING AND COMBINING SHAPES ............................................................................................................................................ 104
Split ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 104
Break ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 105
Join ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 105
Layer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 106
Blackout ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 107
7.02 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 1: THE SIMPLIFY FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................. 108
Auto Simplify Welds.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 108
Auto Simplify Path ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 108
Smooth & Simplify ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 108
7.03 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 2: DETAILS ....................................................................................................................................... 109
View Path Detail ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 109
Nodes on Mat ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 110
7.04 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 3: THE PATH FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................. 110
Flatten Paths .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 110
Thin Paths .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 111
Fuse n’ Weld .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 112
Reverse Paths ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 112
7.05 SHAPE MAGIC ADVANCE PART 4: TILER ........................................................................................................................................... 113
7.06 NODE MODE TOOLBAR ................................................................................................................................................................... 115
7.07 ADD BASIC SHAPES (BASIC SHAPES TOOL) ..................................................................................................................................... 115
7.08 MEASURE SHAPE LENGTHS AND ANGLES (MEASURE TOOL) .............................................................................................................. 116
7.09 SLICE SHAPES AND LINES (KNIFE TOOL) .......................................................................................................................................... 117
7.10 DRAW FREEHAND LINES ................................................................................................................................................................. 118
Drawing Thin Lines ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 118
Drawing Thick Lines ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 119
Drawing with Other Line Styles ........................................................................................................................................................................... 119
7.11 ERASE SECTIONS OF PATHS (ERASER TOOL) ................................................................................................................................... 120
Erasing ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 120
Inverse Erasing (Adding To An Image) ............................................................................................................................................................... 121
Eraser or Knife? .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 123
7.12 DRAW BÉZIER CURVES AND STRAIGHT LINES (PEN TOOL) ................................................................................................................ 123
Drawing Straight Lines ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 123