I'm sorry if I'm asking a question that's already been answered but how do I remove the background on an image I found so I can export it as an SVG? When I try it shows the page background not the image background.
It´s not clear at least to me what kind of image you‘re taslking about; my guess is it‘s a bitmap. You can‘t simply erase a background as you could in a dedicated bitmap editor where it is just a 1-click-bliss procedure. If you want to autotrace the image/bitmap in Inkscape there is an option to ignore the background color - but it still depends on the bitmap. You can mask or path clip parts of a bitmap in side Inkscape and save as an SVG - but it remains a bitmap in an SVG container. Feel free to upload an example file.
That is not a „simple“ background. I‘d use a dedicated bitmap editor like GIMP to extract the logo from the background if I can‘t find the original somewhere or at the NSX forum.
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I'm sorry if I'm asking a question that's already been answered but how do I remove the background on an image I found so I can export it as an SVG? When I try it shows the page background not the image background.
Go Document->Properties and check "Checkerboard" to get an idea where the transparency really is.
I did it'll show checkerboard for the background of the image but it still doesn't remove the background.
It´s not clear at least to me what kind of image you‘re taslking about; my guess is it‘s a bitmap. You can‘t simply erase a background as you could in a dedicated bitmap editor where it is just a 1-click-bliss procedure. If you want to autotrace the image/bitmap in Inkscape there is an option to ignore the background color - but it still depends on the bitmap. You can mask or path clip parts of a bitmap in side Inkscape and save as an SVG - but it remains a bitmap in an SVG container. Feel free to upload an example file.
Like the carbon fiber background in this picture.
That is not a „simple“ background. I‘d use a dedicated bitmap editor like GIMP to extract the logo from the background if I can‘t find the original somewhere or at the NSX forum.
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