cnsranch
11-04-2010, 11:02 AM
I got to thinking (dangerous) about all the really cool stencils you can find on the 'net that you can use to carve some pretty intricate pumpkins this time of year. You've all seen them - from simple to intricate.
Cool thing is that they're made so that you only carve away certain parts of the pumpkin - put a light behind it, and you got a really cool pic.
So, why not use 'em in the CW?
(You probably have this figured out already, but I have to try to contribute every so often).
Find a stencil on the 'net, copy it to your clipboard, bring it into PE (import the image via the clipboard), eliminate all the background parts with the Magic Wand, leaving only the "outlines", save it in Designer as a pattern, put the pattern on Designer's board, then "Outline Pattern", group all the outlines, select your bit - carving (or cutting if you're gonna make a "sillouette"), delete the original pattern, leaving only the grouped outlines, and you have a pretty good vector pattern.
If I can do it, it can be done.
Cool thing is that they're made so that you only carve away certain parts of the pumpkin - put a light behind it, and you got a really cool pic.
So, why not use 'em in the CW?
(You probably have this figured out already, but I have to try to contribute every so often).
Find a stencil on the 'net, copy it to your clipboard, bring it into PE (import the image via the clipboard), eliminate all the background parts with the Magic Wand, leaving only the "outlines", save it in Designer as a pattern, put the pattern on Designer's board, then "Outline Pattern", group all the outlines, select your bit - carving (or cutting if you're gonna make a "sillouette"), delete the original pattern, leaving only the grouped outlines, and you have a pretty good vector pattern.
If I can do it, it can be done.