Lee White 4 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Hello everyone, I'm trying to come to terms with making artwork to cut. I had the bright idea of scanning a 1/72 decal, and hoping to enlarge it eventually. I scanned it, and a search of the web told me I had to turn it into a vector file. It does not look useable at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mozart 119 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Not sure why you need to turn a scanned image into a vector file Lee, I never have. Once scanned (into my photos folder) I just "slide" the image across into the Silhouette drawing page and enlarge as necessary from there. You'll need to go to the top tool bar and "send the image to the back" before you can start tracing it. Hope this helps Max Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dashotgun 26 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 agree with above the tracing does not always work well but he letters can be d/l as fonts or are already here on the site 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelS 2 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Perhaps your scanner dpi setting needs to be increased? I try to use at least 300 dpi for decal scans. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Futter 132 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I've found that if I import the images as PNG files instead of JPEGs, I get a much better result with auto-trace. I use Photoshop to convert, if required. Kev Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlbertD 21 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 9:37 PM, Kevin Futter said: I've found that if I import the images as PNG files instead of JPEGs, I get a much better result with auto-trace. I use Photoshop to convert, if required. Kev Is auto-trace a function of the standard software or does it need to be upgraded? I need to just spend a good quite day playing with the software to see what it can do. If needed I'll be happy to upgrade it. It sounds like it might be well worth it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Futter 132 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 minute ago, AlbertD said: Is auto-trace a function of the standard software or does it need to be upgraded? I need to just spend a good quite day playing with the software to see what it can do. If needed I'll be happy to upgrade it. It sounds like it might be well worth it. Apparently it used to be an upgrade feature, but it's definitely there in my bundled free version. Kev 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlbertD 21 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Kevin Futter said: Apparently it used to be an upgrade feature, but it's definitely there in my bundled free version. Kev Thanks Kevin. I think I'll spend my quite time on Sunday morning playing with the software. My only real project for the Silhouette so far has been new numbers for my mailbox. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Futter 132 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 minute ago, AlbertD said: My only real project for the Silhouette so far has been new numbers for my mailbox. Ha! So many uses for this so-useful device. Kev 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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