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I can not add to your comments except to offer a hint I use often with traces: When there is text, I trace the whole bitmap and import the EPS into Corel. Then I place the bitmap behind it, and remove the text part of the trace from the vector drawing, leaving the bitmap as a pattern. I select the nearest font to the type, convert it to curves, and then adjust the nodes to exactly match the bitmap. Once done, I adjust any non text based portions to matche the bitmap, then nuke the bitmap. Done. Naturally, the vector import has to be resized to match the bitmap before all this is done. I think this will be easier with the layers feature of 3.0, but I still do not have my direct order upgrade (hint, hint). I have never met a traced bitmap that did not need node mapping. Some are easier, but none have taken less than an hour to be "right" and last week it took about 3 to do one that had lots of hairline details and frills. Anyone who thinks this should be easy ought to look at a bitmap printout at high magnification.