How do I seperate oultines and text for cutting?

[Andrew Ritchie]

I don’t use Corel much but I think it would be something to do with the shaping function? It works the same way as welding in Signlab.

Alan Drury is the Corel guru, he’ll probably have a solution for you.

Andy 😎

[Chris Wool]

with the outline selected go
arrange
break contour group apart

you will then have 2 selectable objects

what ver No are you using

chris

[George Elsmore]

type in text/click on effects/choose contour put in size of contour and check outside buttoon in the flyout/choose colours of contour etc/select all text/go to arrange click break contour group apart look in wireframe and see your cutlines

hope this helps a bit

G

[Jill Marie Welsh]

I am only two years into Corel 9, and don’t have Corel on this machine.
But if memory serves, select the entire phrase.
In the drop down "Arrange" menu, choose "Separate".
Then de-select the phrase and select only the outline.
I don’t cut from Corel so I have no idea about that part.
You know not to use red as an outline color on black, right?
It lacks contrast.
Love….Jill

[Gordon Galloway]

Duplication of advice aleready given

Gordon 😳

[Oliver Holmes]

Fantastic advice! It’s so easy when you know how.

Thank you all for your help, it’s very much appreciated. Oh and don’t worry I won’t be using the red outline, it was just a quick image to help explain what I was trying to achieve.

Thanks again,

Oliver. 😀

[Hugh Potter]

another tip.

if you have alot of text to do, which will need layering,

break apart all the contours,

highlight the whole lot of text / images,

left click (holding down), drag and right click, it will make a duplicationof the original, then just delete the image / text on one lot, and the contours on the other,

you’ll then have perfectly spaced contour group, and original text/image group to cut.