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Kevin Clark2227
10-15-2012, 3:22 PM
I think I have correctly attached a cdr file of a barn that I would like to engrave into both wood and white marble. How/What is the best way to make this image work. I have tried to trace it but can't get a clean image. I believe I saved the attachment as version 8 I have X6.
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Dee Gallo
10-15-2012, 6:08 PM
Kevin,

You have a pretty tough job there, because the image is weakly drawn and there are a lot of extra bits all over the place. There are two routes to go:
1. Go into CorelPaint and firm up the lines, remove the extra dots and make some detail in the roof and silo... bit by bit
2. Trace the entire thing, drawing with the line tools. Auto trace will not give you a good result unfortunately, but it is not a hard image to draw if you are wiling to take your time. It's pretty simple, really, and should not take more than 30-60 minutes even for a beginner.

Once you have a usable image, you will have to decide whether you want to invert the image so the black parts engrave or the white parts engrave.

cheers, dee