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Beginners' Questions Removing text artefacts.
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    Ginge1989 Ginge1989 @Ginge1989

    Hello everyone!ย 
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    I've been tasked with some vinyl printing. Iโ€™ve got to the stage where I am ready to print. However after my first cut using the pixmax 720 Iโ€™ve noticed that because of the image I am using it will not cut correctly regardless of cutting force or speed.ย 
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    The high detail image I have been sent was originally used for embroidery and when zoomed in you can see the fabric details or stitching if you like.ย 
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    Does anyone know how to smooth this out or remove it completely through Inkscape? I have attached a picture showing the issue.ย 
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  2. #2
    phiscribe phiscribe @phiscribe
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    If it were me, I would redraw with bezier pen tool.ย  Doesn't look like more that 15-20 minutes, maybe less.ย  If you knew the font, you could just retype the letters.ย  Some people react to the bezier pen with horror at first.ย  But it is a great tool.

    If you don't need much precision, you might could apply a blur to it, until its smooth.ย  Make a bitmap copy of that.ย  Autotrace the bitmap.ย  If after blurring and making a bitmap and autotracing, its still off you could try centerline trace.ย  Give that result a stroke.ย  Convert the stroke to path.

  3. #3
    Ginge1989 Ginge1989 @Ginge1989

    Thank you so much!!!

  4. #4
    phiscribe phiscribe @phiscribe

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=inkscape+manual+trace