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I am trying to clean up an image to cut on my vinyl cutter... I know this forum is for SCAL and I have that too, but I am trying to cut a bigger image on my vinyl machine. When importing an image into AI there are double lines. Is there a way to get rid of the double lines?

Thanks in advance

Crystal

There may be a better way, but try Object/Compound path/Release, then Object/Ungroup. This will let you use the Selection tool rather than the Direct selection tool to select the lines that you want to delete. HTH

HeatherM wrote:There may be a better way, but try Object/Compound path/Release, then Object/Ungroup. This will let you use the Selection tool rather than the Direct selection tool to select the lines that you want to delete. HTH

Great advise Heather. That's the way I do it. On rare occassions, when the design has graduated fill applied, creating multiple layers, I export to a jpg, or bmp file. Flood fill the image I want to copy, and trace the edges. I've even selected the background, then used select inverse, painted the design black, and then traced using trace outline. I use many tricks to get what I want quickly. It's quicker than it sounds. You can also copy/paste the parts from the orginal vector file, to complete the design. There's more than one way to get the job done quickly and accurately.

Thanks so much for the help. We got it figured out! Everyone on here are always so willing to help and knowledgeable!

Crystal