[solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

[bart deruyter]

Ralf,

A commonly used way is to let inkscape trace it automatically: path->trace
bitmap.

The results are not perfect, far from it, but it is a way to get a starting
point that is managable in combination with 'path -> simplify' when needed.

I use that technique very often when I'm asked to make a poster and they
deliver the logo's of the sponsors in a way to low resolution (80px - 120px
for example). It has been a lifesaver numerous times.

When it's about shapes, I always keep the conversion to path as the last
part, the moment when it has to be deformed to 'not being a shape (square,
circle, star, triangle... ) anymore.

A lasso tool for selecting nodes would come in very handy indeed, though
with shift and drag-selecting I never really had issues. It are default
buttons in all applications when it's about selecting several items.

About inkscapes usability, I have used indesign and illustrator in the past
too (quite some years ago though) and I do find Inkscape easier to use.
Perhaps I should try a newer illustrator to check how they compare today
:-).

Grtz,

Bart

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2012/8/26 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>

> On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 10:09 +0200, bart deruyter wrote:
>
> > If you want a real drawing on a computer, grab a pencil and paper and
> > draw, then scan it in.
> > If you want digital images, use your computer, fiddle around with
> > vector graphics or 3D graphics or even gimp, mypaint and equivalents.
>
> If you need svg for icons you can't paint with a pencil on paper and
> simply scan it :(. After scanning an outline drawing, it's nice to work
> with an app like GIMP. Inkscape allows to draw Bezier curves, over the
> outlines you already have drawn and then scanned. I wonder if there's no
> way to automate this, instead of using tons of mouse movements and mouse
> clicks. Isn't there some kind of magnetic lasso for Bezire curves? Or at
> least some functionality as I described is provided by neu.Draw, where
> it's possible to add some nodes to objects as a circle, while handling
> those nodes also is easier, than it is for Inkscape. Perhaps Inkscape
> has got all that functionality, but I can't find it.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
>
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