MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 164

Set the Path Conversion option to determine how paths are traced:
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Choose Outline to trace along the outside border of the graphics and create
closed, filled paths. Then choose a Path Overlap option: None to trace line art
and text; Loose to trace continuous-tone images; or Tight for more precise
color tracing.
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Choose Centerline to trace the center of graphic strokes. Use this option to
trace line-intensive graphics with few fills. Then select Uniform to trace with a
consistent, 1-point stroke, or deselect Uniform to create paths with varying
stroke widths.
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Choose Centerline/Outline to combine the Outline and Centerline. Then
enter an Open Paths Below value to leave paths with widths below that value
open. Values are from 2 to 10 pixels.
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Choose Outer Edge to trace only the outer contours of the graphic, providing
an accurate clipping path into which the original graphic can be pasted.
Set the Trace Conformity value to determine how closely the traced paths
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follow the original. Values can range from 0 (less conformity with fewer points)
to 10 (greater conformity with more points).
Set the Noise Tolerance value to eliminate stray pixels, or noise, in a low-quality
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original. Values can range from 0 (more noise retained) to 10 (more noise
eliminated).
Set the Wand Color Tolerance for the sensitivity in selecting areas of contiguous
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colors. Values can range from 0 (narrower range of colors selected) to 255
(wider range of colors selected).
Click OK.
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You can trace an image by selecting an area or by selecting an area of similar color.
With either method, FreeHand creates the traced paths directly above the object
that you traced.
When you select by color, FreeHand selects only those colors that are adjacent to
the initial selection and within the tolerance set in the Trace tool options. You can
add additional areas of any color to the selection. For example, you can select all of
the red roses in a picture, or you can select a red rose and its green stem.
Click the Trace tool in the Tools panel. The cursor becomes a wand.
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Drag a selection area around the object to trace. Hold down Shift to constrain
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the Trace tool's selection area to a square.