Mosts Laserist myself I always prefer to hand trace logos as opposed to use QuickTrace but this is a practiced art form that can take years to get good at (I am still working on it).The QuickTrace tool allows you to quickly trace graphic images such as bitmaps stored in BMP, JPEG or GIF format.
The main features of the QuickTrace tool are shown and described in the picture below. As shown, you simply select a image file, choose a trace mode, make a few adjustments, and then either Show it now, or drag and drop the image to a cue for playback later. This will display a standard Windows file dialog box, where you can navigate to and select the image to trace. The QuickTrace tool has a check box that will apply a Noise reduction filtering. This may be handy for images that have small specks or severe JPEG compression artifacts. When the tracing mode is set to Color separation, you can choose the number of colors that QuickTrace will try to find in the image. This is another control where you simply can increase and decrease the number of colors until you get the best looking output image. When the tracing mode is set to Highlight separation or Centerline, the Separation Level slider will be available for adjustment. Simply click and drag your mouse in the slider area, and move the slider back and forth until you get the best looking output image. The four buttons under the preview window allow you to control the size, position, and rotation angle of the shape. These work in exactly the same way as the Live Performance Tools within a cue. Simply click down the mouse over one of the controls, and then drag the mouse either upward or downward to affect the image. To display the traced image that you have created, simply click on the Show it now button. ![]() Simply drag and drop the preview window (or the QuickTrace tab itself) to a cue. Once you drag and drop the traced image to a cue, you can use the FrameAnimation editor to edit the traced image. For example, you could recolor all or part of the traced image, you could select and then delete certain parts, etc. Text and logos are the most difficult images to re-create in laser as text is the hardest thing to draw with laser scanners. For a comparison, look in the Logos workspace page at some of the logos cues to see how many points are in some of those frames. ![]() The IBM logo specifically is a bunch of boxes where each box has to be drawn before the next one. It takes a lot of time to draw each box so the frame flickers).
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