Lazur: I tried the bounding box approach and experienced unsatisfactory results. Objects, then Transform works. Thanks for explaining how you created multiple images. With respect to multiple images and editing colors, fill areas, etc., I have searched previous posts and it seems that Inkscape is no...

Lazur: I figured out how to resize the image. Under the Object function, Transform allows one to adjust various parameters. I simply change the default "%" to "px" and then typed in the values for height and width while maintaining the 1:1 ratio as the original canvas image. Then...

Lazur: Thank you for the collection of tutorials. I successfully used several methods to resize the canvas image; although my purpose was to facilitate saving the image in the default icon sizes that proved to have no effect according to the Icon Preview. I have searched and experimented, still have...

Lazur: I looked at another post that talked about resizing. I am able to easily resize the canvas image by holding the control and shift keys and pulling the handle will change the size. However it has no impact on the images in the Icon Preview (View function). I still do not understand. In the Ico...

Lazur: Thanks. More questions. When I look at the image you generated in Icon Preview, for the 48X48 size, the actual looks fine but when I click on it, it is placed in a "magnified" box, becoming distorted. I'm confused. Can the original image on the canvas (1024.00X1024.00) serve for all...

Lazur:

Thanks for the explanation. I'm undecided as to which software to use to produce a professional looking icon. I understand your points regarding icons. I intend to use my Geek drawing just seek to have professional results. Do you have any thoughts on the subject?

Regrads,

Matthew

Lazur: Thank you for your reply. Since I had the original image the first few steps you took I wouldn't have. However, to fully understand those steps, I looked at the PDF file and I do not have any functions that seem to correspond to your descriptions of "unclipping" and "extract on...

Lazur: Can you explain the step "replaced the raster image"? Did you change the image to a bitmap under the Edit function? Maybe that's why I has problem with the Trace function because I attempted to trace a raster image. What mode settings did you employ during the Trace function? Did yo...

Thank you. Would you tell me the steps that you took to auto-trace? I tried that method but was not satisfied with the results, so I decided to trace. You are correct about the original image. It is a pencil drawing which I went over with a pen in anticipation of clarity issues. When I first open th...

Thank you for both replies. I converted the original pencil drawing to a PDF which meets the size limitations. Secondly I need suggestions of how to send the "outline" image of my Inkscape output. I converted it to a PNG but it did not remain in the outline mode; as well the file size was ...

I am new. But I have read tutorials and numerous posts to gain a better understanding, along with 8+ hours of trial and error. Background: Started with a pencil drawing, scanned and pasted in the canvas (unable to attach because file is too big ); started by drawing the image in Inkscape and adjusti...