Laying an image over a trace

LightBurn Software Questions
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Hi all

If you lay a foreground image over a background trace will the area of the trace covered by the image be excluded from the overall.
I watched the LB video on this last night but I’m wondering if the same applies with a trace.

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Usually using an image, you use an image mask to do this and it’s a vector.

Is that what you mean?

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Hi Jack

Thats probably it. I was looking into how to give a sense of depth by stacking images with differing image adjust, and trace.
The LB team member in the vid seemed to be making the point of being able to simply bring one image to the forground but keep both on same layer.

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I don’t know the video as I really don’t know a uv abilities. Can you post a link to the video and maybe they will drop by and clarify the issue for you.

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This can be achieved using the ‘Arrange’ menu. From there, one can - Push the selection forward or back in the stack. :slight_smile:

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You also mention a trace in the mix. Please share an example of what you want to achieve, and we may have additional suggestions / workflows to offer for this task.

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Thanks Jack, It took me a couple of days to figure out and get the process (Trace - Offset - Mask) into my head.
I got stuck as one image had transparencies that I did not know were there or how to deal with and then my background was not showing except through the transparent part of the front image.

I looked for the video I mentioned but could not find it. I can say the maker used the Mario character and two pigs, The two pigs are what he used to demonstrate putting one image in front of the other.

I did gain a nice shortlist of videos by Gil and LA hobby guy and some others on associated topics that I saved for further learnings.

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Thanks Rick, I am using Trace and Layers to enhance various parts of an image but would love to have more control over where is traced and not traced…I think that would save on layers.
I thought a vid I watched over the weekend was describing how to do that but will have to review.

Using trace seems to enhance aspects of an otherwise flat image or to create a hint of background without using too much time. I am practicing Trace - Add powedercoat paint - Re-trace, which works somtimes.
Stacking using image adjust on layers also interests me and combining some or all techniques is perhaps a good way to raise interest in an image.

Its all skills learnin at this time.

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You can select portions of an image by adjusting the size and placement of the trace bounding box, which I show an example below:

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For more from the documentation:

Boundary

Click and drag in the preview to specify a portion of the image to trace. Click Clear Boundary to reset it.

Isolate an area

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Thanks Rick

That will also help a lot with cleaning up a trace and reduce job time also.

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