GIMP to Inkscape

[Vector01]

Hi All:

 

I find cutting a pattern in black and white difficult. A majority of patterns I've seen on line as well as in books seem to be created this way. On a black and white pattern I tend to stray off of the line more when cutting. After running the pattern thru Inkscape, I find the contrast between the black line, the gray fill and white allows me to actually "cut the line" which creates a cleaner finished piece. Additionally running the pattern thru Inkscape creates a cleaner radius and reduces the jagged edges in the pattern. In the example below, the pattern on the left is the original GIMP and the one on the right is Inkscape. After running the pattern thru Inkscape it made the lettering cleaner and the smaller details easier to cut. I hope I explained this so it makes sense

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[Dan]

Great patterns you have...both the GIMP and Inkscape versions. I also like the clean, smooth lines from vector programs.

 

Dan

[Vector01]

Thanks...The pattern was one I did a while back of my grandson. You can't beat those programs for making patterns. The new Gimp is in beta form right now. I'll be downloading the new one once the stable version is out.

[BuLLdoGG]

it looks gr8 thx for sharing

[amazingkevin]

hello scrollers ,I just solved the problem of a pattern being to dark to cut by accident today.I was cutting somebodys pattern because i really liked the way it looked.Very clean.distinct beautyful pattern.as i was about to finish ,it was getting dark around here.i turned on my spot lights that put out to much heat and low and behold the to dark pattern was as easy to cut as a gray one.What a blessing this is to find this out.