I have been using InkScape to make scrollsaw and Intarsia patterns. The most favored tool is the Bezier tool but sometimes I think I need to use a more freehand approach. However when I attempt to use the freehand pen, either via mouse or tablet, it looks so sloppy like done by a 3 year old. Is there a tool, filter or extension in InkScape that can kind of smooth out the jagged lines kind of in the manner of how smooth the Bezier curves are? I have a provide a link to a picture showing how bad the freehand drawing looks.
Beginners' Questions How to smooth out freehand jagged lines
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I have been using InkScape to make scrollsaw and Intarsia patterns.
The most favored tool is the Bezier tool but sometimes I think I need to use a more freehand approach.
However when I attempt to use the freehand pen, either via mouse or tablet, it looks so sloppy like done by a 3 year old.
Is there a tool, filter or extension in InkScape that can kind of smooth out the jagged lines kind of in the manner of how smooth the Bezier curves are?
I have a provide a link to a picture showing how bad the freehand drawing looks.
freehand drawing that would be nice to smooth out
You can try Path->Simplify but a manually tracing would not take more than 20 nodes. I'd go this route as it is quicker imho.
There are smoothing settings for when you are drawing...
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Paths-Creating.html#Paths-Pencil
The Path->Simplify seems to be a good first pass. I did that and was happy with the results. But I will also investigate the smoothing settings