Hmm -- on a photo like that it doesn't maintain full shapes/connect the lines.baphomet_irl wrote:ok - open inkscape
go to file/import - bring in a jpeg/bmp/gif/png or whatever you like.
make sure the image is highlighted
then go to Path/Trace bitmap
most autotracers dont give good results with more gradient filled/multi coloured images, and also tend
to actually draw the details of the edges of the pixels in which is definitely not what you want
Mess around with the different settings and use preview
but this one seems to be very good in default settings, making lines straight where you would probably want them to be
(hope you understand that)
keep in mind that the program keeps an original of the imported image below where your traced art is, so in order to see it properly (and to be able to save a 'pure' vector file), you will have to drag the top/vector layer to move it away a bit and select the bitmap original and delete it
if you want to send it to someone, save it as a PDF, which will keep the document vector - you could use SVG also, but not everything can view it - although as this is an opensource app, I'm sure the people who made it intend you to use SVG
heres an example of what you can do in a few seconds:
heres the original:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/baphomet_irl ... taBACK.jpg
and heres vector traced using the outline mode:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/baphomet_irl/newDeltaPDF.pdf
you can see that if u press ctrl+ to zoom in on the pdf file, it is proper vector lines
While it's not as "messy" as Freehand's trace, it doesn't seem to give a full representation.