Flexi sign question

[149motorsports]

In a aurora graphics package I have there is a bolt I need to use. I imported it in to flexi. It has a black box behind it and it is a Tiff file. is there any way in flexi I can get rid of that black box and get the bolt out clean?
Thanks

 

[brycesteiner]

Did you try using the transparent background feature? It seems to work pretty well because you can choose the color and how aggressive it is. I don't have it in front of me but I think it's in the same menu as outline and contour cut.

 

[149motorsports]

Unless I did it wrong, I took the full image and made it transparent. The bolt and the back ground.

 

[DizzyMarkus]

user the magic wand to select only the background

Markus

 

[SightLine]

Another option is to open it in Photoshop and save it as a native Photoshop psd file instead. Flexi properly recognizes transparency and layers in native psd files better than it does with tifs.

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

Magic wand tool to select the background color. Then go to bitmap>make transparent.

 

[DirtyD]

In Flexi Cloud when doing layered tiffs.. Follow these steps

OPEN THE TIFF.. DO NOT IMPORT
SELECT TIFF FOR BADWRAP FOR READABLE FILES
OPEN YOUR TIFF
WHEN ASKED IF SINGLE LAYER SELECT NO
ALL LAYERS AND TRANSPARENCIES WILL BE THERE

 

[LittleSnakey]

Or you can open it in photoshop and save it as a pdf file, import that into flexi and add the contour cut to it, separate the contour cut, release the coutour cut then use that shap to mask it.

Or you can just draw a circle the same size as the the screw if its the round or polygon tool if its not. then use that to mask it.

In Flexi Cloud when doing layered tiffs.. Follow these steps

OPEN THE TIFF.. DO NOT IMPORT
SELECT TIFF FOR BADWRAP FOR READABLE FILES
OPEN YOUR TIFF
WHEN ASKED IF SINGLE LAYER SELECT NO
ALL LAYERS AND TRANSPARENCIES WILL BE THERE

 

[149motorsports]

[SUB]Thanks for the help all, i'll give it a shot tonight. All I have is Flexi sign cloud, so trying to learn some new stuff.[/SUB]

 

[LittleSnakey]

Sorry I ment psd file not pdf

Or you can open it in photoshop and save it as a pdf file, import that into flexi and add the contour cut to it, separate the contour cut, release the coutour cut then use that shap to mask it.

Or you can just draw a circle the same size as the the screw if its the round or polygon tool if its not. then use that to mask it.