![]() Other logos would be more difficult to vectorize if you don’t have a decent source image. I have to say, this was possible thanks to the logo being simple. For this case I just used different polygons created with the Beizer curves tool, and joined ( Path->Union) or subtracted ( Path->Difference) from my shape until I was happy with the result. This tweaking is performed manually with some time of work. Now it comes to the painful realization that the logo is not clean at all, and it needs tweaking. Now we finally have something half useful. To do so, select all the layers and run the Path->Union process. To avoid working with so many layers, we’ll join the result into a single united layer. Once I have a set of layers that resemble the logo, I paint them all the same color (black in this case) to easily discern the shape that its taking. This creates a layer for each color (or similar), resulting in a good amount of layers.įrom the set layers I can just remove the background layers (white, whiteish) ending with a simpler version of the logo. ![]() ![]() The first step I perform is to trace using a full color tracing. You can judge for yourself, but it seems to be some kind of jar with pickled stuff in it. It is not the work canvas box of Inkscape, it is a box that has somehow become part of the image, perhaps involving the snip tool. But then I found that there is a line box around the image. Being a stamp, It is full of jitter, places with no ink, and to add injury, I just took a photo of it. Need to snip the image in Cricut and upload into inkscape which I did, remove the background which I did. Vectorising the Debian logoĪs an easy example I’ll grab the classic Debian logo and pass it through Inkscape. I’m not an expert on tracing, so I treat this tool as a black box with knobs and lights, twisting and changing until I get the best result. If you switch to any other tool (except the Pen/Bezier tool) the tiny boxes will disappear (because you don't need them. The tiny boxes are used to extend and/or close the path. That's because the path is still selected and the Pencil tool is still engaged. Open the Trace Bitmap Tool Path->Trace Bitmap Notice how the red line turns to black, and the black line has a tiny box at each end.The steps are common for any vectorization we might want to do. The tracing tool for Inkscape is based the Potrace, it won’t hurt you to know that this is what we’ll be using. Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor, and as the title implies, this is the tool that I’ll use to vectorise the logos. There’s a lot of manuals online for this, an in-depth one with good examples can be found in Tavmjong Bah’s website. With a couple of examples, a graceful one and a crazy one. In this post we’ll see how to create a vector file from a pixmap (jpg, png, whatever raster format that Inkscape can open). Other ones don’t even have a computer where the logo is stored. Some bars have their fancy logos already as a vector image. The idea is to do a little of propaganda: banners, t-shirts, mugs all the way! And now, for something completely different.įor a coming event we want to use logos from different bars and cafes around the block. ![]()
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