Xara :: How To Use Bitmap Clipart To Create Vector Clipart
Dec 1, 2011I created a beginners tutorial on how to trace bitmap clipart and turn it into much more flexable vector clipart. I posted it on Xara Users at the link below.
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I created a beginners tutorial on how to trace bitmap clipart and turn it into much more flexable vector clipart. I posted it on Xara Users at the link below.
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I'm using CorelDraw x6. I imported some AI clipart into my drawing. While the clipart looks fine on screen, when printing the image to my HP Color LaserJet some of the clipart doesn't render correctly (see attachment). The dark brown area of the bell is jagged and the black lines should not be there. How to correct it so the images print out nicely?
BTW, when printing to an HP ink jet or converting the image to PDF then printing it looks fine. Only on the color LaserJet does this happen.
I am a new user testing Xara P&GD7.
I worked through a tutorial to put some of my own images in a folder to use as fills and clipart, going through the index process etc worked fine. I couldn't see any way to save them so I hoped it would be an automatic save for such things. Unfortunately they have now disappeared. Is there a way to save my own folders so that I can use them in any document?I normally work in 8" x 8" square pages, but each time I need to go back to Options and select Units: Inches and page size: Custom and type in the size. Is there a way to save Options?
What do I need to do to get my clipart to work?
It is there in the directory, and I can see it in xara 6 as well. But I go to use it and it says it isn't installed and that I should install from help menu.
I have tried so many tings and recently I tried changing the permissions, still no go.
It's weird cause I also own Xara Web designer 6 and they open in that program fine...
I want to use a monochrome image to create a (1/3 size) image with subpixel precision. For starters, a pure black&White clipart seems the easiest to do this with. But after toying around some I couldn't find or think of a proper way to do this.
Any method to convert greyscale-antialiased images to 1/3 sized subpixel antialiased ones?
- Scaled the vertical resolution to 1/3
- Created 3 copies offset by 0, 1 and 2 pixels respectively for use in the next step
- Masked out 2 in every 3 colums of pixels leaving R, G and B striped versions.
- Scaled striped component images to 1/3 horizontal resolution
(no interpolation, aligned so that it uses exacly the desired 1 in 3 colored pixels)
- Got stuck with three seperate R, G and B colored component images...
- Posted this question
Also, attached is an intermediate result of my efforts: the combination of the three striped R, G and B versions. Simply scaling the attached image unfortunately does not yield the desired (and expected) result.
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Use Edit>Find and Replace> Find Objects
Replace a color model or palette. Next
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