5. Click Rectangle tool and draw any colored box greater than the image
6. Click select & transform objects tool, now click and drag to select all objects
7. Menu > path, exclusion
8. Menu > path, break apart
9. Click off the image. Click the outer rectangle shape and delete
10. Now select each individual shape with one click and hit the white color at the bottom color selection toolbar
The issue I am having is that some of the files (I purchased) don't convert all the areas to white, some are remaining transparent.
I notice that I can then fill these areas in with the bucket tool but then they leave a gap. If I try to use the Cntrl + ) (ie.zero key) to expand the white and remove the gaps, the black stroke becomes sloppy. I could select the edit nodes by path tool and drag after I use the bucket tool but that is time consuming. I would prefer, if there is a much faster way to fix the issue to know about it :)
What can I do to the image to follow the method in the attached video and have all parts fill with white correctly?
I have attached the original transparent SVG file and a copy of the final PNG.
I would just use the bucket tool and its "grow" settings to make the white area overlap the black slightly, then send the white to the back behind the black paths. In printing it's called "trapping".
After closing the gap in the shape (near the ear), your process of creating the white should work as expected.
You could also create the white using fewer steps without breaking apart. 1. Copy the black to the clipboard 2. Select one of the path segments on the outside using the Edit paths by node tool (F2) 3. Path reverse (Shift+R). (All should turn black) 4. Path union (Ctrl++). (In order to remove unneccesary nodes) 5. Change color to white 6. Paste in place. (The black from step 1)
Try it with the black in the attached SVG. (The gap is already closed).
Beyond the Basics FILLING A TRANSPARENT IMAGE WITH WHITE
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Hello
I have found a video on youtube that seems to be the cleanest for taking a transparent image and filling it with white / black stroke.
This is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW-zGeLtj8U
THIS IS THE PROCESS SUMMARIZED:
1. Select the image
2. Menu> Object, ungroup
3. Right click, copy
4. Click off image to Deselect
5. Click Rectangle tool and draw any colored box greater than the image
6. Click select & transform objects tool, now click and drag to select all objects
7. Menu > path, exclusion
8. Menu > path, break apart
9. Click off the image. Click the outer rectangle shape and delete
10. Now select each individual shape with one click and hit the white color at the bottom color selection toolbar
The issue I am having is that some of the files (I purchased) don't convert all the areas to white, some are remaining transparent.
I notice that I can then fill these areas in with the bucket tool but then they leave a gap. If I try to use the Cntrl + ) (ie.zero key) to expand the white and remove the gaps, the black stroke becomes sloppy. I could select the edit nodes by path tool and drag after I use the bucket tool but that is time consuming. I would prefer, if there is a much faster way to fix the issue to know about it :)
What can I do to the image to follow the method in the attached video and have all parts fill with white correctly?
I have attached the original transparent SVG file and a copy of the final PNG.
Thank You
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I would just use the bucket tool and its "grow" settings to make the white area overlap the black slightly, then send the white to the back behind the black paths. In printing it's called "trapping".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_(printing)
After closing the gap in the shape (near the ear), your process of creating the white should work as expected.
You could also create the white using fewer steps without breaking apart.
1. Copy the black to the clipboard
2. Select one of the path segments on the outside using the Edit paths by node tool (F2)
3. Path reverse (Shift+R). (All should turn black)
4. Path union (Ctrl++). (In order to remove unneccesary nodes)
5. Change color to white
6. Paste in place. (The black from step 1)
Try it with the black in the attached SVG. (The gap is already closed).
Thank You, Tyler that worked well!
Aero, I am not able to replicate, so I guess I don't completely understand the instructions. Thank you very much for sharing though.