Operation Manual

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Selecting colors
You can select a color by clicking it on the color palette of the traced result or by clicking the color in the preview window. You can also
select multiple colors.
Editing, merging, and deleting colors
When editing a color, you can choose a color from a color model that is different from that of other colors on the palette. For example, if
you are editing a color in an RGB traced result, you can change the color to a spot color, creating a mixed color palette. This feature is useful
when you are preparing the traced result for commercial printing.
With the Outline Trace method, you can also merge and delete colors.
By default, when two or more colors are merged, their color values are averaged to produce a new color. The merged colors are replaced
by the new color. However, you can change the default setting to replace the colors to be merged with the first color that you selected. For
information on how to change the default setting, see “Setting default tracing options” on page 552.
When you delete a color from the color palette, the deleted color is replaced by the next color on the color palette.
Using and creating color palettes
If you want the traced result to contain only colors from a specific color palette, you can open that color palette in PowerTRACE. The colors
of the traced result are replaced by their closest match on the color palette.
After you edit the color palette of the traced graphic, you can save it to create a custom color palette for later use.
To adjust the colors of a traced result
1 Select a bitmap.
2 Do one of the following:
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Click Bitmaps Centerline trace, and click a command.
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Click Bitmaps Outline trace, and click a command.
3 Click the Colors tab, and perform any of the following tasks.
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To Do the following
Change the color mode Choose a color mode from the Color mode list box.
Reduce the number of colors in a traced result (Outline Trace) Type a value in the Number of colors box, and click outside the
box.
Select a color Do one of the following:
•Click a color on the color palette. The selected color swatch
button appears pressed.
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Click the Eyedropper tool , and click a color in the preview
window. A marquee appears around the selected color. To select
an additional color, hold down Shift, and click a color in the
preview window. To deselect a color, hold down Ctrl, and click a
color.
Select a range of adjacent colors Hold down Shift, and click the first and last color swatch in the
range you are selecting on the color palette.