Hey Guys,

I've converted a bitmap into a shape and I'm not looking for a way to add some colours into it.
I'd like to get to this :



I've already looked but didn't find a way to achieve this two colours background and shape.

Any tip is welcome

Thanks in advance and have a nice day.

Hi.

Try different settings with the trace bitmap tool on the original raster image -multiple scans, two colours.
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Trace-Multi.html#Trace-Multi-Colors

Many ways,

Here's a hint:

Download this image to dis-assemble in Inkscape.

Hey guys,

Thanks for the tip but I didn't manage to create what I want.
I've been playing the last 2h with Inkscape and didn't manage much.
I tried the trace bitmap with two colours but the result was sharp enough.
I then tried playing with rectangle and fill bucket tool which I find extremely non user friendly.
When I click a path to fill it with paint nothing happens; really weird.

Anyway, would you have other ideas on how to proceed ?
I'm now at this stage, but I don't know how to change the colours.
Basically the black must become 660000 and the white must become black

You can do this.



Enjoy.

Hi.

Follow the explanation that tylerdurden made.
You have to edit a few nodes in the file below to make the "seam" straight - nice practice for you!

Right Click the image to download.


Have a look at The Manual.
I recommend going through the tutorials in "Quick Start" section.
This will get you up to speed in no time!

Not sure how this would work for a logo, probably would edit it alot, but
here is a quick example how a little editing and combining paths can result in compound paths with such "negative effect" hole.

Slightly different from the previous ones.




Related information:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Attributes-Fill-Stroke.html#Attributes-Fill-Rule

Sneaky.

Hi.

tylerdurden wrote:Sneaky.

Not sneaky - just smarter! - The Lazur Way!
(Normally Lazur's solutions is way over my head but I could understand this one)

Thank's for the kind words, but that fill rule trick I learned here somewhere, have to dig deep now where it was exactly.

This had a similar suggestion, so it should have been earlier.
Earlier than Jul 03, 2013.

Tylerdurden wrote this, showing the same concept.
And this one.

To be honest I'm searching for a post when I suggested a clip-like solution and probably ~Suv or Xav suggested the fill rule trick right after.
Will link if I can find for the right credits.
Have no clue what word to search for though.