inkscape is driving me batty

[anniekay67]

Why can't I open anything into inkscape. It doesn't matter what the format is it wont open. UGH> I am not having any fun and so want to play and try to do my own designs instead of bugging people. Can anyone give me a really quick easy easy lesson

[papasue]

Annie,

If you are trying to bring a .jpg or a .png into Inkscape you have to IMPORT.

If you are bringing in an .svg file you should be able to just OPEN.

HOWEVER i THINK that all .svg's are not created equal so depending on what program created the .svg file that could MAYBE be a problem.

So specifically which files can you not get into Inkscape? Perhaps you should post one here and someone will figure it out.

[anniekay67]

i'm trying to import this ford logo to cut as a decal for a window for my brother in law. Starting to think I'm in way over my head and should just stick to sewing instead of this stuff.

[ScrappyDew]

SCAL2 has Autotrace feature. But keep in mind that it all depends on the quality of images. The clearer the image the better. The one that you posted looks like a thumbnail of something bigger.

Here's two videos you may want to look at:

Autotrace for SCAL2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJUHd_8vexE

Tracing Image Inkscape: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50KplQAcU64

Another great source is Kay from Cleversomeday's Blog http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/images-to-svg/