Inkscape find

[GrammyKrausse]

I have been playing with inkscape and have discovered something. First of all I was real disappointed in trying to do a slipper for tinkerbell. Seems like there was a missing gap that caused the slipper to be incomplete. Well today I noticed that you can streatch and make it mend. Here's how I did it. after importing an image I copied it to bitmap. You have to remember to use the selection tool on your graphic in between moves on each of the next steps. Then in view I chose display mode, then outline. Next I went to path and chose trace bitmap, deleted the big red x and then chose path again then break apart. The part of the graphic that has the missing piece is set aside to work on. I draw a box around it with the selecting tool and this is when I work on it. zoom in for a good look. because the graphic has double lines and most have been seperated I find a small piece to fill in and streatch to fit. After all the mending to make a graphic complete I select it again and go to path and union and it is a complete graphic. I'm not real good at explaining but this does work for me.
Grammy

[AnointedHands]

I don't want to confuse you but there is a very easy way to connect gaps. Once you have converted the bitmap file to a vector file (nodes), also do a Path>Union. Working in the outline mode, you can use a node (one of the little squares) to close the gap and then click Path>Union.

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[GrammyKrausse]

Thank you for the reply. I'll try that. I had been trying to use the draw freehand feature and it had not worked. I'll see what I can do with your suggestion.
Grammy

[AnointedHands]

That was an import in the View>Outline mode. I can't draw freehand but the nodes are very good for manipulating your shapes. They can be tricky but once you get the hang of them, they are easy to manipulate. When I connect lines, I simple move them to connect the two lines and union.

[jancy]

I don't want to confuse you but there is a very easy way to connect gaps. Once you have converted the bitmap file to a vector file (nodes), also do a Path>Union. Working in the outline mode, you can use a node (one of the little squares) to close the gap and then click Path>Union.

I tried that with a file I need to do a lot of work on & that didn't work.

I'd love to figure out something easier than the way I've been doing it. I click on nodes, break them apart & then join them with others to close the gap---takes a lot longer than what you're describing, but I tried moving a node into white space & path:union, but did not work.

wonder what I'm missing or doing wrong.

[AnointedHands]

Before you take the object into the outline mode, did you do a Path>Union? I find that even though I trace a bitmap and it converts into a vector, I always do a Path>Union before I do anything else.

That is how I connected those two shapes and all my shapes. Sorry it didn't work for you.

[jancy]

Before you take the object into the outline mode, did you do a Path>Union? I find that even though I trace a bitmap and it converts into a vector, I always do a Path>Union before I do anything else.

That is how I connected those two shapes and all my shapes. Sorry it didn't work for you.

drat. I know it's some simple step I'm missing or not doing, but it's just not working for me

would you mind posting step by step from start to finish what you do?

[AnointedHands]

- Trace your shape into a vector.
- Using the Edit Nodes tool (F2) click on a line of the object (all nodes on that line become active)
- Either use Select All (CTRL+A) or use the tool to draw a surrounding box
- Path>Union
- Click off the object
- Select the node you want to use to connect two shapes
- Move that node to cross paths with the other shape
- Path>Union

That is all I do.

[jancy]

- Trace your shape into a vector.
- Using the Edit Nodes tool (F2) click on a line of the object (all nodes on that line become active)
- Either use Select All (CTRL+A) or use the tool to draw a surrounding box
- Path>Union
- Click off the object
- Select the node you want to use to connect two shapes
- Move that node to cross paths with the other shape
- Path>Union

That is all I do.

thanks for that.

It was the version of inkscape I was using. I have an older version on my other computer & came upstairs to try it on my laptop w/newer version of inkscape & it worked. guess it was an upgrade at some point

thanks for your help

[susanBluerobot]

OH my gosh this has helped me sooo much thanks for sharing i am a happy inkscaper now