Photo to Vector Filter

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volomike
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Photo to Vector Filter

Postby volomike » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:23 am

Is there a photo to vector filter for Inkscape?

Take for instance the truck in this image:

http://www.crowdspring.com/var/crowdspr ... kins_3.jpg

There's no way I can find the time to possibly draw that entire truck. I was wondering if there's a trick in Gimp or Inkscape to import a photo and sort of halfway convert it to a vector-drawn image, even if I have to do more adjustments after that?

~suv
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Re: Photo to Vector Filter

Postby ~suv » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:01 am

  1. import: open a new drawing, use menu 'File > Import…', select the JPEG image you want to trace and insert it into your drawing.
  2. trace: select the imported bitmap, use menu 'Path > Trace Bitmap…', adjust the options to your needs and create a vectorized version of your original raster image.
Additional info: tutorial and manual pages:
http://inkscape.org/doc/tracing/tutorial-tracing.html
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Trace.html


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