Master Inkscape In Minutes: Easy Svg Trace And Bitmap Tutorial

Today I’m showing you how to make your own layered svg file using a free program called inkscape! We're going to make a gnome layered svg file in inkscape using a black and white coloring page! Taking a plain black and white photo and then turning it into a layered file that you can use in any other craft cutting machine.

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[lisamiller]

Thank you for a wonderful easy to follow tutorial I have been looking for something just like this 😊Great job and thank you .

[brookelawrence]

I have watched so many Inkscape tutorials, this is by far the best one. Thank you!!

[HeulwynRoberts]

Love that you’re sharing the nitty gritty of making your own products. I’ve just ordered a glow forge and used your code, a little appreciation for what you’re sharing

[DENISEDAVIS-sv]

This tutorial was soooo helpful. I am learning inkscape to use with my wazer waterjet to cut glass for fusing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

[KaraAnnette]

Thanks for helping out those of us who don't want to spend an arm and a leg for adobe!

[susangoldstein]

Thanks for sharing your expertise!!!! Learned a lot of new things. Since they updated inkscape a while ago some ways of doing things have changed.

[dragonlord]

when you have done the trace and are figuring out what is a image or a path (trace) look at the info bar (the one under the colour swatches at the bottom) it will tell you what you have selected - path is the tracing and image is the image.

once you have welded the triangle to the rectangle and deleted those extra nodes (29:41), select those three nodes and then use the icon 8th one in from the left on the contextual menu bar (the one that changes when you select different tools above the work area), that will make them an 'sharpe' angle and will give straight lines

inkscape normally has several ways to do the same thing. another way to make the stick is after you draw out the rectangle, go path>object to path (or select just the rectangle and go path>union). this will make it a path, then select the bottom two nodes and click the + button on the right to add a node between them, then drag this node down to form the point. then do the union (weld). Again you can also do the add node bit after you weld the rectangle to the gnome background as well as after you weld the background and rectangle it will all be a path

[brainmatter]

Thanks Ashlee, really appreciate these types of videos. And thanks for the intro to Inkscape.

[janereed]

This is the best tutorial I have seen so far And you can call me dumb, but do you know of a written step by step PDF file that I can print out and go by . This would help more people than you know. Especially some of old folks. Thanks again

[susiepitts]

Oh my I was about to pull my hair out until I found you! Your voice is very pleasing, you explain things well (& do it the easy way) and your sound is perfect! I totally enjoyed this video. You are a great teacher! I don't have a laser cutter. I do Cricut projects & Ink Sublimation. For sublimation, how do you finish it up? I had to hit the SUBSCRIBE button. Don't want to miss anything! lol See you next time. God Bless.

[darrellB.]

Great video that gave me the easiest way to get done what I needed. Thank you

[francinefernandez]

Aloha thank you for sharing your knowledge 😊

[oneelevenwoodworks]

I appreciate the information I have learned in this video. You’ve explained everything so well. Unfortunately though, it wasn’t quite what I was looking for this week and was wondering if you might be able to make a video or even explain this dilemma for me. I want the pieces of my svg file to connect flush with one another after cutting on my laser. I don’t want a gap between all the pieces with a black offset. This is how I’ve been making the characters on the signs I make up until now. But now I want to give them a more realistic look like how the pieces look when something is cut with a scroll saw. I know how to take into consideration the .006” kerf that my laser will leave on my pieces, but other than sitting there and connecting each individual node of my piece’s strokes to match the strokes of the pieces surrounding each and every piece of the svg, I have no idea how else to do this. Does this make sense? I want the edges of each piece to sit flush with the pieces that they’re connecting to with no gap in the middles. Any chance you can make a video on how to do this? I have been SEARCHING Youtube for this information for a week now and I’ve found NOTHING to help me with obtaining these results. It’s all SVGs with a black offset to give the upper layer pieces outlines once assembled.

[annievazquez]

Thank you! I downloaded it and it's pretty cool. I was hoping I could save a png or jpg as an svg but it won't open in DS. I'm having a print and cut issue. It's seems the only way to cut this map image on glossy paper is running it 3 times! Eeeek! I love the trial and error learning in this Cricut adventure :) Thank you for relieving some of the errors for us! hehehehe

[leslie]

Thank you! This is so helpful. When you change the line size with Outset is it possible to choose your line width?

[mariamaniaci]

This was awesome thank you! Im still struggling because I have colored PDF files I purchased from Etsy and I’m doing something wrong still. I can’t get my live preferences to open to preview it. It will open if it’s a png for me so I’m missing a step somewhere. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge I definitely learned things ❤

[alliswhat]

Every time I open a file I want to include in my design in Inkscape, it opens up in a new window, and not on the canvas Im working on.

[bayoudreams]

I'm using Inkscape in Linux, but it should be the same. I'm seeing reverse colors, Meaning my outline of the gnome that you see black and a border that's white, I see the opposite. After 17:28 in your video. Left image is the only one different. Any idea what I'm doing wrong or is it a setting? I tried 'extensions-color-negative' but that makes the whole thing white. I tried grouping the image and the same thing happened. Thank you for the help. I'm awaiting my xTool F1 and S1 which is what I plan on using for this tutorial.

[dubsuesuedub]

Thank you for the video. I am using version 1.2.2 and I can not get the "break apart" to work. Any suggestions?

[eagleD]

Would you know why, I installed Inkscape on my Win11 laptop and it did not get any fonts from my font library.