Inkscape/SVG/Scal Issues New User
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:33 pm
Hi everyone,
I have recently purchased SCAL and have, at least so far, managed to figure out how to use SCAL successfully on my own.
However, after having taken my first tentative steps into Inkscape, jpg to svg conversion etc, I am discovering that it is not so easy. With the help of my fiance who can pretty much figure out any problem with a little time and persistance, we've managed to create an .svg from a .jpg using Adobe Elements 6 and Inkscape, with many bumps in the road and frustrating little inconsistencies in AE6 along the way. Basically sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and when it isn't it's really hard to figure out why. But anyway, outside of that, the problem I'm having now is that the finished image, while it does work to import into SCAL, (and I don't have my printer here or cricut, it's at home, so have not been able to actually try & cut out and see how it is cutting) it seems to never be really "clean", the edges are somewhat ragged, hearts are not perfectly heart shaped, sometimes there is a little extra line where there is not supposed to be, that sort of thing. For instance, I was trying to use a .jpg file of the sizzix die called Decorative Doily (my apologies, I have no idea how to attach the .jpg file but if you want to find it, you can go to sizzix.com and just click on their Heart/Valentine collection). Got it to .svg but it just isn't as clean and tidy as I'd like. Am I expecting too much or is there some way to remedy this? Also, how does one deal with it when you open something in inkscape, do the trace bitmap thing, update, and then all you get is a few little broken lines or dots but it doesn't show the image? Thanks...
I have recently purchased SCAL and have, at least so far, managed to figure out how to use SCAL successfully on my own.
However, after having taken my first tentative steps into Inkscape, jpg to svg conversion etc, I am discovering that it is not so easy. With the help of my fiance who can pretty much figure out any problem with a little time and persistance, we've managed to create an .svg from a .jpg using Adobe Elements 6 and Inkscape, with many bumps in the road and frustrating little inconsistencies in AE6 along the way. Basically sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and when it isn't it's really hard to figure out why. But anyway, outside of that, the problem I'm having now is that the finished image, while it does work to import into SCAL, (and I don't have my printer here or cricut, it's at home, so have not been able to actually try & cut out and see how it is cutting) it seems to never be really "clean", the edges are somewhat ragged, hearts are not perfectly heart shaped, sometimes there is a little extra line where there is not supposed to be, that sort of thing. For instance, I was trying to use a .jpg file of the sizzix die called Decorative Doily (my apologies, I have no idea how to attach the .jpg file but if you want to find it, you can go to sizzix.com and just click on their Heart/Valentine collection). Got it to .svg but it just isn't as clean and tidy as I'd like. Am I expecting too much or is there some way to remedy this? Also, how does one deal with it when you open something in inkscape, do the trace bitmap thing, update, and then all you get is a few little broken lines or dots but it doesn't show the image? Thanks...
Hope it helps