Need help with Inkscape and SCAL

[bands321]

I have a lace background paper that is made up of flowers that I am trying to figure out how to cut with SCAL.

It was a PNG file. I opened it in Inkscape and have turned it into a SVG file and tried to import it into SCAL to cut it and when I try, it is just a red box with nothing in it. I've tried everything I can think of...can anyone help me figure this one out? I've tried to to trace to bitmap and I don't think I quite know how to do that because the trace to bitmap box never goes away. I click "ok" and then close it...is that right?

It's a digital scrapbooking file that I downloaded as a "freebie" so I'm so sure it's ok to share it if anyone wants to try it for me

Thanks,
Shawn

[jancy]

if you want to email me the file, I can take a look at it.

[bands321]

Thank you, I just sent it. It's the JPG file.

[jancy]

I took a look at it.

It's workable, but with a lot/a bit of work. there are a large number of nodes that need to be deleted from the design because we're not starting with a solid color image. the nodes that need to be delete are quite errant all over the design and there are a good number of lines that overlap, etc. this is a lot more evident if you view the file in outline mode in inkscape.

I would try to fix it for you, but I don't have time these days as I'm back in school full time.

all I did:
*open file in inkscape
*click on the file
*click: path: object to path: trace bitmap (set brightness cutoff threshold to 0.99)
*save as an svg file

could be that you're just deleting the wrong image or you didn't select the image before tracing it (path: object to path, etc)

make sense?

flower lace svg.svg

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[wreed06]

Is this spam?

[talanhart]

I was thinking the same thing earlier. I always check Active posts when I'm here and there were about 10 posts from this same person.

[raewyn64]

I have sent Todd an email and hope he might be able to get rid of this problem.

Raewyn

[raewyn64]

Excellent work once again from Todd and his team.
They have removed the user and his spam messages throughout the board here.
Raewyn