Thanks for the reply. I don't have any better images than this. At least its good to know I've done the best with what I have.

I have a png file. I need to bring it in as vector image, then export to a bitmap, so I can have it in various sizes. Attached is an svg with the original bitmap to the left of the page and in the page itself, my attempt at vectorizing it (using Trace Bitmap). Is this the best that can be had? Or is...

Thank you

I have an svg file with image 1029x621. I need a business card size (88mm x 59mm) pdf file. How do I get that?

I am exporting a bitmap of a selection. I reduce the width and height but then it also reduces the dpi. I want to maintain the 300 dpi. How do I do this?

>>Note that each of the PNG files have their size as part of the file name. That is undesirable in this situation and I am not sure that this addresses whatever issue I'm having. Please explain if it does. The script really looks more like below, in which exported files of the same name are written ...

I have a fairly long script now. It looks something like this: scriptPath='/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources' sourcePath='/Users/apple/Documents/my/source/path' destinationPath='/Users/apple/my/destination/path' $scriptPath/script --without-gui -h 32 --export-png=$destinationPath/red.png...

Thanks for all the help! This was much more involved than I had thought it would be.

I'm trying to export using the command line. I do this command:

and all it does is start Inkscape with a New blank document. The command is executed while in the directory of the svg file.
Any suggestions on what to do ?

If I start Inkscape from the command line in OS X, I see the warnings below. Should I be concerned about these? I've been using Inkscape just fine as it is. $ inkscapeSetting Language: .UTF-8 (process:525): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. /Users/appl...

If I add /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/MacOS/ to the PATH in .profile, I can then execute Inkscape from the command line

Ok, I'm trying it but can't execute the command Inkscape, saying Command not found . I'm on OS X, so in the .profile I added Applications folder to the PATH: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/Applications/android-sdk-mac-x86:/Applications/ but...

Thanks for your reply.

If I interpret that statement correctly, it will set both the width and height to 32, correct?
In my case, I want the height to be 32, but width will vary. So can I do this:

and the width will be proportionally changed?

I have a bunch of images in which I need to export each one as png files with heights 32,48,72, and 96.
Is there a way to automate this process?

I need to draw a cutoff ellipse. By this I mean (see attached image) I would like the shape to consist of the pink part above the black line and the black line it self, removing the pink part below the black line. Can you tell me how to do this?

That did it, the button with the tooltip "Make the shape a whole ellipse, not an arc or segment"
Thanks!

I am unable to draw a complete ellipse. In the attached image, you can see a small gap at the right extreme.(3 o'clock)
If I go any further in moving the node to close the ellipse, the ellipse completely disappears. This is with Stroke Style -> Width = 50

Well, I tried many things and it started working. I don't know which particular thing did it. Thanks for your suggestions.

I was tracing over a bitmap with the Edit paths by nodes tool. I did 2 paths, and then I must have accidently set something so that now I can't draw paths. In the attached image, you can see that I've drawn the left and right 'lobes', but I can't draw anymore. How do I fix this?

Thank you. I am indeed on OS X, which I should have mentioned in the original post, but you were smart enough to figure that out.

When I copy/paste the object on the left, it gives me the object on the right. I don't want that, I want it to duplicate exactly. I am trying to move it from one layer to another.

Thanks, that's what I needed.

I am unable to distinguish between something that is white and something that is transparent. I was thinking to change the color of the 'desktop', but I don't see any way to do that. What can I do?

Thanks, I'll experiment with this.

I'm trying to attach nodes, but its not happening. In the screenshot here: Screen shot.png I want to attach the 2 nodes marked by A to each other, and the 2 nodes marked by B to each other. I have tried both Join selected nodes and Join selected nodes with new segment , but nothing happens. How do I...