DurhamDev
02-19-2011, 08:14 PM
Hi all,
Ok, this is - I guess - my second foray into the 'newb' questions... ...and I'm hoping it's a simple answer that will help me out a lot.
If I'm working on a graphic in my graphic package (I use Ulead PhotoImpact X3, but could start working in Photoshop CS5 if I had to) and want to bring it in to the CarveWright Designer, what's the best way of doing it? Is it simply a 'copy and paste', as I've been trying? (I've had mixed results, I think, to say the least.) Here is what I have been doing: I draw a circle, with a thick outer edge and NO fill (for example) and then select it. I click copy and then in CWD, I paste it in. It imports as a pattern (yes?) and I click the 'lower' arrow once, so that there isn't a 'frame' around the image, if I want just the circle... ...and even then, the inside and outside edges of the circle are being cut.
Here is a pic of my graphic...
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/5223/86103020.png
...and here is a pic of CarveWright Designer does:
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4495/40765899.png
What I would hope to see is the circle fully carved out... ...and whoops. I think I might just have figured it out. I *just* clicked "Invert" and there it is, as I envisioned it. So, I guess I'll ask these two questions. One, is this how it's done? Two, is this the best way to do it, to get the best quality image?
Am I doing this right? Thanks, in advance!
Rick // The DurhamDev
p.s. Oh, I figured out another question. As this becomes a 'pattern', once it has been imported, is there no way to import vectors, so that I can utilize the 'conform' part of the software? (I have purchased both the Centreline and Vector add-ons... ...in case that makes a difference.)
Ok, this is - I guess - my second foray into the 'newb' questions... ...and I'm hoping it's a simple answer that will help me out a lot.
If I'm working on a graphic in my graphic package (I use Ulead PhotoImpact X3, but could start working in Photoshop CS5 if I had to) and want to bring it in to the CarveWright Designer, what's the best way of doing it? Is it simply a 'copy and paste', as I've been trying? (I've had mixed results, I think, to say the least.) Here is what I have been doing: I draw a circle, with a thick outer edge and NO fill (for example) and then select it. I click copy and then in CWD, I paste it in. It imports as a pattern (yes?) and I click the 'lower' arrow once, so that there isn't a 'frame' around the image, if I want just the circle... ...and even then, the inside and outside edges of the circle are being cut.
Here is a pic of my graphic...
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/5223/86103020.png
...and here is a pic of CarveWright Designer does:
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4495/40765899.png
What I would hope to see is the circle fully carved out... ...and whoops. I think I might just have figured it out. I *just* clicked "Invert" and there it is, as I envisioned it. So, I guess I'll ask these two questions. One, is this how it's done? Two, is this the best way to do it, to get the best quality image?
Am I doing this right? Thanks, in advance!
Rick // The DurhamDev
p.s. Oh, I figured out another question. As this becomes a 'pattern', once it has been imported, is there no way to import vectors, so that I can utilize the 'conform' part of the software? (I have purchased both the Centreline and Vector add-ons... ...in case that makes a difference.)