EXPORTING PNG FILES FROM INKSCAPE There’s a strange anomaly that happens Inkscape aſter you apply filters like the “Drawing” filter. I use this to convert photo- graphs into traceable images. First I turn it gray scale, then use the drawing filter. But when you zoom in and out on the results, the amount of detail changes very oddly. As you zoom in, you LOOSE detail. See the image below. The one on the leſt is zoomed way out. When I zoom in on the right eye, all the detail disappears. I do not know why this happens but I did figure out how you can solidify the results you want. You must export the image in order to lock it in for tracing. ZOOMED OUT ZOOMED IN I’ll be showing you how using different DPI sengs affects the exported image detail. You’ll find Export PNG Image under the File menu. Remember to set the page size under document properes and that the picture is completely on the page. It will not export anything outside of the white page outline. Set the Export are to Page. Then only change the DPI. Click the “Export As…” buon to select where to save it and name it (there isn’t a dialog box that pops up). Then you are ready to click the export buon. The next page shows you examples of different DPI sengs on the same picture.
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EXPORTING PNG FILES FROM INKSCAPE
There’s a strange anomaly that happens Inkscape after you apply filters like the “Drawing” filter. I use this to convert photo-
graphs into traceable images. First I turn it gray scale, then use the drawing filter. But when you zoom in and out on the
results, the amount of detail changes very oddly. As you zoom in, you LOOSE detail. See the image below. The one on the
left is zoomed way out. When I zoom in on the right eye, all the detail disappears. I do not know why this happens but I did
figure out how you can solidify the results you want. You must export the image in order to lock it in for tracing.
ZOOMED OUT ZOOMED IN
I’ll be showing you how using
different DPI settings affects
the exported image detail.
You’ll find Export PNG Image under the File menu. Remember to set the page size under document properties and that the picture is
completely on the page. It will not export anything outside of the white page outline. Set the Export are to Page. Then only change the
DPI. Click the “Export As…” button to select where to save it and name it (there isn’t a dialog box that pops up). Then you are ready to
click the export button. The next page shows you examples of different DPI settings on the same picture.
96 DPI 72 DPI 60 DPI
40 DPI 25 DPI
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