creating proper outlines in flexi

[EternalAudio]

ok BASICALLY.... what I have is a barcode image. Black stripes going down. Inside of the barcode I am trying to put text. But I want the text outlined so when I go to weed, the letters are still there, but only the outline sections and the parts of the barcode that shouldnt be there are taken out.... But for some reason I keep getting it backwards... the outline stays, and the middle portion of the text is removed.... What am I doing wrong?!

 

[VinylCraft]

Play with it you'll get it. I would type your text do a outline on the text then place the text with the outline over the bar, line it to where you want it them compound them together.

 

[EternalAudio]

Tried that.. but it still wants to cut the bar code, THEN cut the text, THEN cut the outline so I keep getting cuts through the text

 

[VinylCraft]

Post a image so we can get a better idea what your talking about,

 

[EternalAudio]

picture

 

[javila]

Sounds like you need to do a "cut out" from the bar code.

I assume you need something like this?


edit: Just saw your picture.

1) seperate the white outline from the black text.

2) "Cutout" the white outline object from the barcode

3) send to cut.

 

[jdb]

don't understand what you need. But to avoid cuts through the text, group the outline and barcode only, not the text and hit weld.

 

[VinylCraft]

Cut out under effects and combine

 

[Pro Image]

Yep you need to separate the outline from the text and then weld the outline and the bars together...................

 

[mtmdesigns]

group your text. Group your barcode. Put the text where u want it. Then ungroup your barcode, then add your text hwere you want it and compound it(c+m}.

 

[bob]

This is pretty basic stuff.

Make the bars one object or, failing that, a group.

Select the text and then select the bars.

Invoke the 'trim' or 'cutout' or whatever they're calling it function.

There you are...