====== Tips: Importing artwork ======

It is possible to use Lasershow Converter FLASH along with Adobe Flash to perform outline traces of Bitmaps. In this way, you can use the combination of these two programs to form a raster-to-vector converter.

===== Tracing a bitmap with Adobe Flash =====

1. Select the **File/Import** menu in Adobe Flash.
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2. Select the bitmap file that you want to trace.
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3. Click the right mouse button on the bitmap and select **Scale**. Then use the "handles" on the image to stretch it to the desired size.
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4. Select the **Modify/Trace Bitmap** menu.
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5. Change the settings in the Trace Bitmap dialog box as necessary. We have found that "Very Tight" curve fit and "Many Corners" Corner Threshold works well.
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6. Select the File/Export Image menu and then specify a file name for the file that you want to save.
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