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how do i outline blended text please?

Posted by Adrian Yeo on February 1, 2008 at 9:59 pm

Hi there

Only having just started to play with my cadet, I have stumbled upon a problem.

I have some blended text (using corel 11) that i want to put an outline around to cut. simple. But can I find out how to do it? can I hell!

Using RGB 1,1,1 as my cut colour. Can anybody enlighten me please?

Thanks

Adrian

Alan Drury replied 16 years, 3 months ago 6 Members · 13 Replies
13 Replies

Phill Fenton

Member
February 1, 2008 at 10:32 pm

Select the text you wish to contour cut and Right click on the colour shade that has a colour mix RGB 1,1,1 (you will have to create it) .

Export as .eps and open up in your RIP. Bobs yur Uncle 😀
Adrian Yeo

Member
February 1, 2008 at 11:34 pm

Thanks Phil,

Tried that, but all that seems to happen is the blend takes on the solid colour of the outline. (If that makes sense)?

I have attached the CDR file that I am trying to outline if anyone fancies a go? 😀

Sorry Robert, I should have put this in the ‘Corel section’ 😳

Attachments:

Moot.cdr
Ian Bingham

Member
February 1, 2008 at 11:56 pm

Duplicate the design. Un group it, weld it, and asign the welded outline as the cut path.overlay over the origanal
Hope it makes sense

Ian
Peter Normington

Member
February 2, 2008 at 12:09 am

just buy signlab….

sorry I tried it in corel, but takes far less time and effort in signlab.

ok, I know, signlab costs a bomb, but for this kind of stuff, it just does it with one click…..

Peter
Adrian Yeo

Member
February 2, 2008 at 12:13 am

Oh well, at least its not just me!! 😀

The bourbon is now having the desired effect so I will have another go in the morning!!

Any cheap copies of signlab available??? 😀 😀
Peter Munday

Member
February 2, 2008 at 12:17 am

Adrian try this.

Peter

Attachments:

Moot outline.cdr
Adrian Yeo

Member
February 2, 2008 at 9:10 am

Thanks Peter, but it wont open! 🙁

Was this done is X3, I have 11 here.

Adrian
Peter Normington

Member
February 2, 2008 at 9:20 am

converted to 11

Peter

Attachments:

Moot2 outline.cdr
Adrian Yeo

Member
February 2, 2008 at 9:23 am

Two Peters!

You are stars!! (hot) (hot)

Cheers
Alan Drury

Member
February 2, 2008 at 11:32 am

Peter M for my information can go through the steps of how you did this?
Thanls
Alan D
Peter Munday

Member
February 2, 2008 at 1:56 pm

Alan, here’s how it was done.
Make a copy on a new page, break blend apart ( as this blend had 200 layers in it, I had to reduce it to 25) select all and weld. Then use create boundary, copy and paste on original layer, and bob’s your uncle.
Ian Bingham

Member
February 2, 2008 at 5:03 pm

That sounds familiar :lol1:
Alan Drury

Member
February 2, 2008 at 5:10 pm

Peter, thanks that’s what I wanted to know and accounts for jaggies on slanting lines, I like to think I’m fairly up with Corel stuff and I wasn’t aware of an automatic way of doing it.
Alan D