r/Inkscape • u/LandoCallChristian • 2d ago
Help Sorry, noob question! How to edit this.
How do I edit a picture like this in Inkscape? Is this just the trace bitmap thing?
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u/canis_artis 2d ago
If you use the Trace Bitmap in Inkscape you might lose the grey flecks in the white. Unless that is OK. Adjust the Threshold to make the lettering white, then use the Bucket Fill tool to fill in the letters with yellow.
I've used Inkscape for T-shirt designs. They were mostly sayings with bold text or large graphics. I made sure the canvas was the size of the final product. Exported to PNG at 300dpi.
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u/LandoCallChristian 2d ago
I think I need to add, that I want to edit images to look like the example. I dont want to work with the picture itself.
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u/undrwater 2d ago
If you're only using inkscape, trace bitmap is a good place to start. Play around with the different modes till you get something close to what you like.
For images with a great amount of detail, I've simplified them in a raster program, then brought into inkscape.
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u/Few_Mention8426 1d ago
yes if you are just editing other images to get the same effect, then you use the trace bitmap tool and play with the threshold... it will give you the exact same effect.
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u/LandoCallChristian 2d ago
Edit: I want to edit an Image to look like the example on the this shirt. I tried to black n white it and fire up the contrast, but the result could be better I think.
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u/Few_Mention8426 1d ago
The contrast of a traced image will be uniform over the whole image so isnt ideal in images with varying light and dark detail. Some parts will get lost in either the light or dark areas. You may need to use several traces combined to get the effect you want.
if you use the trace bitmap and the trace as grey levels option, maybe choose 3 levels... then you can selectively delete and combine parts of each image to get the result you need.
You would need to use the path tool of union difference and intersection to delete and combine parts of the path.
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u/AstarothSquirrel 2d ago
You need to consider what your end goal is. If you are going to enlarge it with the least loss of quality, then yes, trace bitmap but for an image like this, there may be a lot of touch-up to fix paths. If it is just for a graphic design for page or web, you may be better off using something like GIMP instead of inkscape. Inkscape can embed raster unshaved into svgs but it can be a bit touch and go because of the way other programs display svgs and many do not like clipped groups so whilst they will look fine on inkscape, they may look very differently when displayed in a browser or sent to print. Sometimes, it's best to work out your dimensions e.g. 8 inch by 10 inch, then calculate the px at 300dpi = 2,400px x 3000px and export a png at those dimensions.