Embird, clip art, auto help?

My wife and I are trying to learn how to digitize simple clip art files..specifically Pokemon for our own use with the children. I'm using Embird 8 with the digitizing plugin and the sfumato plugin. However, I am totally lost. Is there any simple way to automatically digitize something that is relatively simple, like clip art? Or is this going to be a very, very difficult job to do? Thanks.

Is it self-explanatory on corel drawings? I have a friend who has x4 and would be willing to let me come over and use it. Is there a tutorial you could point me to?

Is there any way to make the embroidery not look like a cross stitch pattern in x4? I went over and tried fiddling with it and it makes it look like a cross stitch pattern. Thanks.

it needs to be a vector type file or it will make it cross stitch pattern. you wanting pokeman ill see what i can come up with and ill email the files to you monday

Is it pretty easy to change a gif file to a vector image in coreldraw? I could get a copy of coreldraw and do that if I need to. Does the autotrace function do a good job?

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yes and no, you have to 'trace' the image and re-create it as a vector file. I had to do that with the madagascar Penguins a couple months ago to design a screen for a shirt.
I just depends on how you are working with Corel, I had not worked with it until last June and now I love it and would be lost without it. Depending on how complex your image is, you could even try digitizing it yourself. This comes from someone who is learning as I go ans has HAD to do all my own digitizing or send it out. As I have a very basic digitizing program (looking at upgrading soon) Good luck to you!!

-Laurie :)

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Google "Foster D. Coburn". He has a number of Corel tutorial products. I've used his CorelDraw X3 Unleashed. I believe when you're starting its best to send time analysing a drawing before you start. Most drawings consist of basic shapes (ellipses, rectangles) that have been manipulated. If you can define those basic shapes and work from there then the process is easier. Knowing how the different Corel tools work saves lots of time. I also use guidelines alot (I've done a lot of drafting). Snapping to guidelines has helped me vectorize fuzzy bitmaps that have become distorted.