I have a picture of flowers that I have made into a line drawing but the lines are not solid and I want to make it into an SVG so they need to be completely solid. How can I do this? It's a very simple drawing.
I need the cricut to cut it out with one smooth line It is a lot of the same simple flower placed so that I can cut and score and it will fold out for a card. It is cutting in lots of ziz-zag cuts right now.
I've opened your file. And it looks like you've made a trace of a picture file. But it's riddled with holes in the lines as you describe.
There are two possible solutions to what you face:
1. Select and delete the holes with the node tool. You can select multiple nodes by clicking on the path and then dragging over the area you wish to select. You'll find shift + clicking most useful in de-selecting multiple nodes. Ctrl + Delete will delete the node points you've selected without changing the shape. This will take some time but will preserve the geometric shape of your trace.
2. Alternatively you can draw a path over the image you have and create a solid ouline that way. This will create new rounder outlines if this is what you're looking for.
Can I suggest reading through some tutorials about Inkscape? I remember feeling quite lost when I fist opened Inkscape.
I'd suggest you dig deeper into understanding paths. And it won't hurt dig into how each of the different tools work. Once you've done that it will become much easier to use Inkscape. And to ask specific questions and get help without feeling overwhelmed. It's possible to pick up the basics in a few days of practice.
Xav has made Inkscape tutorials for a number of years now. Links to the Tutorials in this post. He has published these as a articles in the Linux Full Circle Mag. And they have made special editions (collections) to all his Inkscape articles in PDF's which you can download from the link at the top of his post I linked to.
And they have made special editions (collections) to all his Inkscape articles in PDF's which you can download from the link at the top of his post I linked to.
A slight correction here: the special editions only cover up to part 42 of the series, which is less than half of it now! The rest are in the individual magazines which can be downloaded free of charge. I'm not responsible for the special editions, so I can't say when, or if, any more articles will be released in that form.
Thank you that looks like what I was hoping for. However I don't know enough to know what you are talking about. I got a new computer and have been setting it all up so haven't been working on inkscape but I will try to find a tutorial for making a path. Thanks again
I´d go another way by trying to draw shapes and not the outlines in the beginning. Because this is a mix of even&odd objects symmetry will always be off - but I find this approach much easier:
Beginners' Questions making lines smooth and constant
Inkscape.org
I have a picture of flowers that I have made into a line drawing but the lines are not solid and I want to make it into an SVG so they need to be completely solid. How can I do this? It's a very simple drawing.
What do you mean by "solid"? A path with a coloured fill?
I need the cricut to cut it out with one smooth line It is a lot of the same simple flower placed so that I can cut and score and it will fold out for a card. It is cutting in lots of ziz-zag cuts right now.
Then how you draw the lines? Just click-move-click? Try to click&drag to get a curvature. Or "make selected nodes auto-smooth":
I also need to add a few lines to distinguish the larger flowers.
I'm kind of new to inkscape and especially the new layout! But I will try the nodes thing. Thx for now
Alright.
Well it didn't work. There are so many nodes it looks like that that is all there are!
I've opened your file. And it looks like you've made a trace of a picture file. But it's riddled with holes in the lines as you describe.
There are two possible solutions to what you face:
1. Select and delete the holes with the node tool. You can select multiple nodes by clicking on the path and then dragging over the area you wish to select. You'll find shift + clicking most useful in de-selecting multiple nodes. Ctrl + Delete will delete the node points you've selected without changing the shape. This will take some time but will preserve the geometric shape of your trace.
2. Alternatively you can draw a path over the image you have and create a solid ouline that way. This will create new rounder outlines if this is what you're looking for.
Can I suggest reading through some tutorials about Inkscape? I remember feeling quite lost when I fist opened Inkscape.
I'd suggest you dig deeper into understanding paths. And it won't hurt dig into how each of the different tools work. Once you've done that it will become much easier to use Inkscape. And to ask specific questions and get help without feeling overwhelmed. It's possible to pick up the basics in a few days of practice.
Xav has made Inkscape tutorials for a number of years now. Links to the Tutorials in this post. He has published these as a articles in the Linux Full Circle Mag. And they have made special editions (collections) to all his Inkscape articles in PDF's which you can download from the link at the top of his post I linked to.
A slight correction here: the special editions only cover up to part 42 of the series, which is less than half of it now! The rest are in the individual magazines which can be downloaded free of charge. I'm not responsible for the special editions, so I can't say when, or if, any more articles will be released in that form.
@Xav Thanks for pointing that out. I'm having great fun working through those lessons. But I'm not yet up to part 42 so I had not noticed yet.
I actually downloaded the magazine editions too so I'll switch over to the magazine pdf's after I reach lesson 42.
Here's an example of what it will look like if you create a path over your drawing. It will take some work but can be done in a reasonable time.
The image is your original image in SVG. Just right click and save if you want to take a look in Inkscape.
Thank you that looks like what I was hoping for. However I don't know enough to know what you are talking about. I got a new computer and have been setting it all up so haven't been working on inkscape but I will try to find a tutorial for making a path. Thanks again
I've pasted a link to some tutorials before my previous reply.
They should help you to get going with drawing paths.
I can't find the link to see them
I think I've found what you are talking about . thx
I´d go another way by trying to draw shapes and not the outlines in the beginning. Because this is a mix of even&odd objects symmetry will always be off - but I find this approach much easier: