I found that after reading a number of threads here, Corel X3 was what I needed for my raster to vector conversions. I've spent hours using other software and doing a lot of stuff the hard way.

I went looking today and found that Amazon.com had it on sale for 50% off. I bought a full copy for $199.00 Their regular price was $400. although I'm not sure if that's the best price you'd find if you looked a bit harder. Anyway, it was too hard to resist anymore.

Thanks everyone

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