Hi Everyone 

I have been trying to learn inkscape for a while now through tuts and reading but I just can't work out how to use it
 

can I ask a simple task 

how to split this image into separate images by colour? 

Thanks so much

Shane 

Hi Shane.

Which image?

gday polygon

sorry here's the image I'm trying to split

It seems Inkscape detects around 28 different colors via Path->Trace Bitmap…:

I´d use "Stacked" scans.

perfect I know inkscape is so powerful i really want to learn it all

sorry, how can I select different images?

I come from a photoshop background so.i'm used to working with layers

Thanks

NoHands

You need to hit "Apply" to receive a grouped, stack of layered coloured shapes. I have no clue for you have in mind in the end.

Once there is a group of shapes/colors, the groups can be used like layers, or groups can be converted to layers by using the right-mouse menu in the Layers & Objects dialog.

I would reduce the number of colors/scans to about a dozen, Many colors are detected due to antialiasing.

Inkscape is more like Illustrator than Photoshop. If you haven't used Illustrator, I suggest exploring all the little tutorials in Inkscape's help menu.

Thanks Tyler is there a tut to know what image your working on

Select and check "Status Bar" at the bottom of the Inkscape window: it´ll tell you what it is.