A real timesaver for me is to go into the channels, cut and paste a 1 bit alpha into Xara then trace it. Then I go back to RGB cut and paste the image from PS to Xara.

Then I trace the alpha and use the image as a fill. If necessary, I will manipulate points, but usually I don't need to.

Sheff

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