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Help with Overlaps
Ive been sent this EPS file to cut from 2 single colour vinyls. I am having a problem with the over and underlapping as the designer has just overlaid three lots of text to get the effect.
How do I make the text all one layer ready to be cut from vinyl in Corel X3?
Cheers
Paul
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It would take me an hour to explain all that needs to be done. In short, you need to do a bit of practice with the WELD and TRIM tools.
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Cheers Andy,
ive been playing around with the weld and trim buttons and im quite used to them but I cant get my head round the under and overlaps. Ill keep bashing on.
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That’s why I don’t get on with Corel-all those layers!
I had a bash in Signlab, it is complicated, but do-able, although it would take a while. I think you’ll need to make lots of copies, and weld bits individually, starting to weld more as it gets less complicated. Presumably this will be in just 2 colours, grey & black? -
A quick 5 minutes in signlab, it should be ok but no bleed added
I wouldnt have a clue how to do it in corel,
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The file looks a bit lousy in places where it has been created.
I sometimes find it easier to change the colour of an object just to make it more visible while welding etc.
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Well Paul
25 people have downloaded your file,
you must have got them all thinking?Peter
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I looked at in corel and got a headache 😮
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for what it’s worth I think it’s a nice idea but it doesn’t work too well…..I think it’s too busy and not enough contrast in the colours
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Hope this helps??
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quote Nicholas.Gormley:Hope this helps??
not really Nicholas, nothing there when I open it!
have you saved it correctly?Peter
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Hi Paul, I tried it a different way.
Convert the design to a jpeg. Then do a trace. While you are in the trace program combine all the same colours. When you bring it back into draw you will have all the black , grey and white grouped together in their own colour groups. Ie; colour separated for your cutter. You will have to do some node elimination around some of the letters but it works pretty well.
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Thanks everyone, superb as ever. I tried altering the colours to weld but just couldnt get my head around it. Im seriously considering investing in Signlab.
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Looks like the grey and black is already trimmed so has but joints so even SL would be a struggle, that said if you were to expand one colour just be a fraction SL could use one of its very good weld options to to extend only bits that everlapped. This is not possible in Draw at the moment. I’ve attached a SL welded effort
Alan D -
Or maybe not
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Struggling with attaching files, email me and I’ll send it direct
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I thought maybe 2 layers would be neater, without but joints
peter
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