vector selecting in clipart

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Clockman
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vector selecting in clipart

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I have been looking at tutorials trying to find how to select vectors in clipart, I get the message no vectors selected but cant seem to find how to select, can someone point me in the right direction please

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Re: vector selecting in clipart

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Confusing post. Did you create (trace?) the clip art/bitmap so you have vectors to actually select?

If you click on a vector, that will select it. Maybe your vectors are grouped and you're trying to edit them? Ungroup them first, then you can edit.

Are you referring to the 3D clip art? If so, did you create a vector boundary?

More info will "un-confuse" me. :)
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Re: vector selecting in clipart

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If you are trying to "edit" clip-art from the clip-art folder there are no vectors to edit.
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Re: vector selecting in clipart

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As Michael has said if it is 3D clipart then there are no vectors, you have to create a vector boundary before you can select it, look under the modelling tab at the top of the screen :lol: :lol:

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Re: vector selecting in clipart

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Thank you all, and sorry for the confusion, I have now found out how to create a vector boundary first

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Re: vector selecting in clipart

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Very good! I wasn't sure if that's what you were needing or not - thus my series of guesses and questions. Glad one of them was the ticket!

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