Doe Eyed Newbie Needs SCAL Help!

[KeepingMommaSane]

I bit the bullet and finally bought SCAL which I am terrified of...so fair warning that I will have lots of questions!
(I am diligently watching tutorials). I dowloaded Inkscape and imported a jpeg file to trace. With my first attempt when I went to upload it
to SCAL it said that the file wasn't valid. On my second attempt with a different image it wouldn't even let me trace it!
Any ideas????
thanks

[Sweetness4713]

You can bring a jpeg right into sCAL to trace...

[Deloris]

Here's a link to the video tutorials on how to trace with SCAL:

http://www.craftedge.com/tutorials/tutorials.php

It's #6 towards the bottom of the screen.

I found these tutorials very helpful when learning to use SCAL last year.

[Deloris]

Also, here's a video on how to trace with Inkscape:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKQluUaqyGw

After you are done with the trace step, move the top image, then delete the original image.

I am guessing you maybe selecting the original image and not the second traced one.

[KeepingMommaSane]

I thought I was canceling the first image, I followed the videos and moved the second image over....I'll try again but it wouldn't even let me trace my second image at all...

[HeatherM]

Can you post one of your svg files that you made?

Are you using Inkscape 0.48? There is a bug in the trace preview with that version (it also won't work with SCAL1). I really recommend that you use Inkscape 0.47 instead. You can download Ink47 here. http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscap ... /inkscape/

[KeepingMommaSane]

I will have to check which one I have, I downloaded it yesterday...as soon as I get home I will check it out!
thanks for the info!