8.10 STENCILING LETTERS ................................................................................................................................. 202
8.11 OPEN PATH FONTS (OPF) .......................................................................................................................... 203
8.12 KNOCKOUT ................................................................................................................................................ 204
8.13 TITLE CRAWL ............................................................................................................................................. 205
8.14 APPLICATIONS USING THE SIZING FUNCTION ............................................................................................... 206
8.14.1 Sizing Lettering for Particular Fonts .................................................................................................. 206
8.14.2 Sizing Letters for Welding Inside Rectangles ................................................................................... 207
8.15 OTHER TEXT EFFECTS ............................................................................................................................... 207
9. SCAL: TRACING AND DRAWING ............................................................................................................... 208
9.01 RASTER VERSUS VECTOR ........................................................................................................................... 208
9.02 FINDING EASY IMAGES TO TRACE ................................................................................................................ 209
9.03 TRACE FUNCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 210
9.03.1 Trace Settings ................................................................................................................................... 210
9.03.2 Monochrome Trace of a Colored Image: Effects of Contrast ........................................................... 214
9.03.3 Monochrome Trace of a Silhouette Image: Effects of Smooth ......................................................... 215
9.03.4 Monochrome Trace of a Detailed Image: Effects of Despeckle and Detail ...................................... 216
9.03.5 Monochrome Trace of a Coloring Book Image: Single Line Threshold and Blackout ...................... 218
9.03.6 Monochrome Trace of a PNG File with a Transparent Background ................................................. 219
9.03.7 Monochrome Trace for a Print and Cut Application: Effect of Resample ......................................... 220
9.03.8 Resample Versus Smooth and the High Pass Filter ......................................................................... 222
9.03.9 Color Layers Trace............................................................................................................................ 224
9.03.10 Single Color Trace .......................................................................................................................... 226
9.03.11 Draw Mask Function ....................................................................................................................... 229
9.03.12 High Pass Filter Application ............................................................................................................ 232
9.04 DRAW FUNCTIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 234
9.04.1 The Draw Tool ................................................................................................................................... 234
9.04.2 Freehand Drawing............................................................................................................................. 237
9.04.3 Brush Drawing ................................................................................................................................... 237
9.05 MANUAL TRACING OF AN IMPORTED IMAGE .................................................................................................. 238
9.05.1 Importing an Image for Manual Tracing ............................................................................................ 238
9.05.2 Manual Tracing Using the Draw Tool................................................................................................ 239
9.05.3 Editing the Trace ............................................................................................................................... 240
9.05.4 Using Symmetrical Mirror to Complete the Trace ............................................................................. 242
10. SCAL: EDITING ........................................................................................................................................... 244
10.01 SIMPLIFY ................................................................................................................................................. 244
10.02 SPLIT PATH .............................................................................................................................................. 245
10.03 CLOSE PATH ............................................................................................................................................ 247
10.04 JOIN PATHS ............................................................................................................................................. 247
10.05 PATH OFFSET .......................................................................................................................................... 248
10.06 ERASER ................................................................................................................................................... 250
10.07 KNIFE AND CROP...................................................................................................................................... 251
10.07.1 Using Knife ...................................................................................................................................... 252
10.07.2 Using Crop ...................................................................................................................................... 252
10.08 WHICH CUTTING TOOL TO USE? ............................................................................................................... 253
10.09 RULER ..................................................................................................................................................... 254
10.10 THE SHAPE TOOL - PATH AND NODE EDITING ............................................................................................ 256
10.10.1 Moving a Path ................................................................................................................................. 256
10.10.2 Reshaping a Path ........................................................................................................................... 258
10.10.3 Examples of Smoothing Curves...................................................................................................... 261
10.10.4 Applications for the Shape Tool ...................................................................................................... 262
11. SCAL: DESIGNING ...................................................................................................................................... 263
11.01 WHERE DO I START WITH LEARNING TO DESIGN? ...................................................................................... 263
11.02 PROJECT INFO ......................................................................................................................................... 263
11.03 GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................................................. 264
11.04 TEMPLATES ............................................................................................................................................. 265
11.04.1 Mat Template Window .................................................................................................................... 265
11.04.2 Template File Settings .................................................................................................................... 267
11.04.3 Importing Your Own Templates ...................................................................................................... 268
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