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Multi-image PNC in
Landscape mode Multi-image PNC in
Portrait mode

9.06.2 PNC With a Contour Shape Larger Than the Printed Image

 In Section 9.01, two other PNC applications were shown. In one case, an outside contour will be cut. In the
other, an alternative shape is added, such as the tag shape shown below.

Contour is added Tag shape is added
using Shadow Layer

 You want to remove the cut line on the cow, which was created during the pixel trace, so that the only line
cut will be the shadow line. To do this:
 Make sure the raster image (the cow, in this example) is on a higher layer than the shadow to be cut.
 Select both the cow image and the shadow and apply the Weld function from the Magic Toolbar. The
internal cut line disappears leaving the original raster image now filling the Shadow Layer:

Contoured image with
only a single outside
cut line.

 The cutting process proceeds as described in Section 9.04.

 In the other case, with the tag shape around the original traced image, the process is exactly the same.
Select the tag and the cow image and apply the Weld function from the Magic Toolbar:

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