![]() If your original image has a background, you may have to manually position the outline on top of the image. Move the cursor into the middle of the outline and left click to place the image. Once you have selected the option “Place Inside Frame”, you will have a different cursor. Once the new dropdown menu appears, click “Place Inside Frame”. With our original grayscale image selected, we can now click the menu item “Object” then navigate down to “Powerclip”. We can now delete the vectorized image, as we will not be needing that any more. Your image will now be converted to an 8 bit grayscale image, ready to be engraved! Grayscale and Outline When the next dropdown menu appears, click on “Grayscale 8 bit”. With the original image selected (the image we first imported), click the “Bitmap” menu item and navigate down to “Mode”. This can also be accomplished by editing the outline pen options. This is done by right hand clicking the RGB red options in the colour palette to the right of the screen (The outline must be selected first). Lastly you will need to change the outline colour to RGB red. You do this by clicking on the outline, then click on the line width dropdown box and select “Hairline”. To make this outline ready to cut on your Trotec laser, you must first change the line width. You can now once again, left click the image and move it to the right of the original image. Click the “Create Boundry” button to create an outline of the vectorized image. Create BoundaryĪ new toolbar will now be available. With the new vectorized image selected, click the “Ungroup All Objects” button, to ungroup all the individual pieces. Drop it off to the right so we can keep working on it. Left hand click on the image and drag it to the right of the original image. We still have the original image behind the new vector image, on another layer. When you click “Ok” the image will now be in vector format. NOTE: The colour detail of the image is not important right now, we are only trying to achieve a detailed outline of the image.Īlso make sure “Delete Original Image” checkbox is left unchecked. Adjust the sliders until you are happy with the outline of the image. You will now be greeted with this new window. Move your mouse over “Outline Trace”, a new drop down menu will show up. Once selected, a new toolbar will appear.Ĭlick the “Trace Bitmap” button High Quality Image To import the file, navigate to “File” then select “Import” and follow the prompts to import your image into the blank CorelDraw document.Īlternatively you can click Ctrl + I to open the import dialogue box. Stock Image of Robinįirst import or open a file you would like to work with. In this example we will be using a stock image of a Robin. In this post we will be exploring ways in which to generate a file ready to be cut and engraved on a Trotec laser machine. ![]()
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