Inkscape question

[Debbie Link]

I wanted to do two guy wrestling I found clipart of one. I put it in INK did path trace bitmap pull them apart seen all my node clean them up.'
So far so good picture loks good I had alot of black area and white. I cut it out with my Expression the piece were very small piece like arms legs small pieces. I hope some one understand me. The paper cut kind of look like wrestlers Is this piece to detailed to cut?

I tried painting some of the white areas to black. One thing I didin't do is view outline. All I want to do cut and have one good scucess at it.

I hope I can download the clipart and my work.

Need help

Debbie

[HeatherM]

Are you saying there are pieces cutting from inside the arms and legs, or that the arms and legs are cutting in the joint area? Either way, if you view it in outline mode, View/Display mode/Outline, you will see lines everywhere the file will cut. You will need to either Path/Break apart and delete the extra pieces, or join the pieces together. Maybe if you post a link to the clipart you are using we can give you better suggestions.

[Debbie Link]

I did please check my other post.

I just want to learn and having all kind of problems.

Thank you for the information, Will wait to hear from you for my next step.

Thank you
Debbie

[AnointedHands]

I looked at the post and it seems that you needed to increase the Brightness cutoff value before you traced. I created at file for you using the photo but I had to trace 3 times to get details to add to one main trace, connect some of the lines and at one point I drew the line just to save time.

If you want it layered, you will have to use the Path>Break Apart in INK.

Hope you can use it.
Althea

[Debbie Link]

Thank you very very much Althae,

I have some question I bright mine to 560? what was your at?

On tracing 3x did you go in path bitmap (I think that it) 3 x and do a trace? Are you in the OUTLINE view doing all of this??

Last question how do you connect the line what tool did you use.

Okay one last question I tried breaking apart in Path go to my picture the box come up around one of the wrestler I have the green arrows that goes in all direction is that how you delete what you don't want.

I wish some day I can do the file like you did for me. Please help me I need all the help you can give me. And Thanks for the fast reply.
Any instrution you can give me is greatly appercaited.

Debbie from Michigan

[AnointedHands]

My setting varied because I had to get different parts to add to the finished file. Update will give you an idea of what the trace will look like so when I got setting to give the part I wanted, I traced; then used Break Apart to get that part and added it to the main with Union.

I actually had 3 separate traces from the original. There may be an easier way but I was trying to keep as much detail as possible and still be easy to cut.

To connect broken lines, select the node on one of the broken ends, if no node on the end, double click on the end and make one and then drag to node to the other part to connect, then Union.

I am not sure about the green arrows. I know when you break apart, each piece is a separate object and if you select it, there will be a bounding box around it with arrows. To get the parts I needed, I just selected it and moved it to the spot where I needed it and Union.

Althea