skarekrow 1,842 Posted September 29, 2014 "(Bitmap? you know this is 2014right?) " Says the guy using Adobe CS3 JK. Donn Touche, however, CS3 lacks little compared to the newest Adobe suite. Add to the equation my skills to fully utilize it and I'll go head to head with it in my quiver, any day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 Ok tried another one , this one was a vector tiger i took it and added text , for some reason it seemed hard to just turn it into a eps file , a svg was no problem but eps was a pain then when i loaded it into CD it was upside down , i used Inkscape for it , it looks good i think lsu1.svg lsu1.eps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 this was just quick thrown together Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted September 29, 2014 All that's in those files is pixel based. There are no vectors in the file. (or text) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted September 29, 2014 Here are some basic instruction for vectoring in Inkscape; Open Inkscape, top menu FILE>IMPORT click your image file... .jpg, .png, .bmp, etc. the image should appear with arrows at the corners, if not click on it once on the top menu PATH>TRACE BITMAP default 'brightness cutoff' radio button should already be clicked (this option is for 2 color black and white images... more on the other choice as you progress) If you click the update bar you will see your image, then click OK. Close this box. grab your top image (it should say 'path' at the bottom of screen) and move it out of the way, there should be another image below it. when you grab this one, it should say 'image' on the bottom bar. Delete the one that says 'IMAGE'. (the bottom one) move the other image (path) back into the bounding box. top menu FILE>DOCUMENT PROPERTIES when this box opens up, click the 'Fit Page To Selection' Bar. Close that box. top menu FILE>SAVE AS name your file and most folks round here save in the .eps (Encapsulated Postscript) format. I prefer svg as it works with all my other software as well as being able to import back into Inkscape. It's the drop down box below where the file name goes Click SAVE. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 thanks skarekrow thats what im missing i didnt trace it odd enough thought the orginal file was a vector file , i guess me adding text changed it , im going to try what you said right now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 ok this was so easy if i did it right , the only place i had a problem under Document Properties i didnt see fit to page , if this is right i guess my question would be did i do it right by importing into inkscape and adding text , thats where i would want to do my text editing ? lsu1-1.eps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wildgoose 4,200 Posted September 29, 2014 That one is working. Mine opened up with a clipping mask around the outside that may or may not be in your original. Sometimes those come through when sending. If you get a box cut around yours that's what it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted September 29, 2014 Yes, you got it that time. You created a cuttable vector file Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 this is what it says on mine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 im guessing its changed and its resize to drawing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 i clicked that and this is the outcome lsu1-2.eps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted September 29, 2014 Is the tiger image a vector and/or is the pixel image it was created from still in front of or behind it (since vectoring) ? That boundary on the bottom of the page is a indication of a pixel based image still in the frame (after resizing the boundary) ... or a stray node. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 the tiger is a ai file the text i made in inkscape , here is the orginal Tiger.ai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 so im guessing you can not flatten the image like in adobe to flatten the layers , this is wierd lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 what i did was import the tiger image drag it onto the white box , then i made the text and draged that box into the white box and saved that was before you told me how to do the trace Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted September 29, 2014 Vector is an entirely different animal than pixel based images. Few of the same rules apply to both. 'Welding' or 'Union' would be more akin to 'Flatten'. But right, there is no flatten with vector. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 so i didnt add the text right ? how would you add text to a vector ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted September 29, 2014 The text is vector. You may want to convert it to paths or curves before saving though. Some programs do this automatically. The reason is some software (SignCut, for instance) doesn't like the strokes that live text contains. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 how would i see exactly what like surecut would see other then doing a test cut with a pen , and thanks for putting up with me btw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted September 29, 2014 Menu> View>Display mode> Outline Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted September 29, 2014 hrmmm i did that and have a big red X Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pshawny 410 Posted September 29, 2014 In Illustrator you need to convert the text to outlines. Select>>Right Click>>Create Outlines. What's the Inkscape equivalent? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted September 29, 2014 Path>Stroke to Path or >Object to path (for shapes & such) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted September 29, 2014 I've got that backwards, I see... >Object to Path for the text. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites