Using: Canva Affinity

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Using: Canva Affinity

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Getting started

You will need to have Canva Affinity installed to follow this tutorial.

I am not going to go through how to get a new file created and how to open your Silhouette in the tool, if you don't know how to do that, you can find tutorials online to help you with it.

This tutorial will only show the Preview Window silhouette but the process is exactly the same for the Transform Window silhouette.

Import Your Silhouette

Add your silhouette onto the artboard.

Trace Your Silhouette

Select your image, then go to Vector > Image Trace...

Trace Settings

These settings seems to get the best output for a SVG, feel free to play with them as you like, once it looks how you want click on Apply in the Image Trace dialog.

Setting	Value
Edge Threshold	100%
Curve Fitting Tolerance	0%

Ungroup All Curves

Select your traced shape group, then go to Layer > Ungroup All.

Remove the Background Curve

Select the layer that contains the background curve (usually the last layer), on the bottom right click the Delete trashcan icon.

Subtract curves to create final shape

Once you have deleted any background curves, now we need to Subtract curves from the main body to create the final shape. Do this by selecting all the curve layers and going to Vector > Geometry > Subtract.

Recolor for Export

Now that you have a final shape (which should have cutouts in the shape of your weapon), recolor it to White by clicking on the White color box on the top right.