Now you will see that the path has changed it is outlining the stroke you created. When you hover over a button, Inkscape will tell you what that button does.

Click the Image Trace button in the Control panel or the Properties panel, or select a preset from the Tracing Presets button ( ).

Choose Object > Image Trace > Make to trace with default parameters.

If you need more precise control over the paths you create, you can opt to use Inkscape’s built-in drawing tools to trace manually. Currently Inkscape employs the Potrace bitmap tracing engine () by Peter Selinger.įortunately, Inkscape comes with an automatic tracing tool that requires neither a steady hand nor a giant hunk of time. These short notes should help you become acquainted with how it works. One of the features in Inkscape is a tool for tracing a bitmap image into a element for your SVG drawing.

The result will be available right on the canvas. When the result of the preview looks right, click on Ok.A dialog will open where you can set different options.In the menu, go to Path > Trace Bitmap.

Select the image with the Selector tool.

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