


When basing a design off an existing picture or graphic, load it into Inkscape in its own layer. Remember to always convert the resulting object back into a path ( Path > Convert object to path). The node editor tool serves to manipulate selected nodes, etc.Īdditionally you could use path effects ( Path > Path Effects.). Scale, rotate and move the whole object with the select tool. Inkscape offers various tools to create vector images. You can either paint it from scratch or use an existing image.

What happens when I perform the trace bitmap, is that it smooths out awesome, but all the colors in the card tend to overlap each other, and show up in places they're not wanted (see how the text now has a small layer of green, and beige?)Īnd this is just a full sized shot of the card png, zoomed in, and I essentially want the picture to remain as it is, just cleaned up by converting it to a vector Rather than explain what I think is happening, I'll just show you the before and after. I started in GIMP, then realized a vector image would be best, and the trace bitmap function does a lot of what I am looking for. So I'm attempting to smooth/clean up a design I'm making for a greeting card on Inkscape.

I want to apologize ahead of time, for potentially failing to explaining the problem more accurately:
