Hi all, I'm pretty much a beginner to Inkscape. While I can use it to make up files from scratch there's something else I want to do and I'm stumped.

I have a fair amount of hand-drawn artwork that I want to transfer into Inkscape files in order to tidy it up, resize it, recolour and put into separate files in order to print them as decals.

What I want to be able to do is remove individual drawn items (from a scanned image), and place the bits into a separate file. Inkscape appeals because of the vector concept of not losing definition when you resize.

I've had a dig in this section and in the tips and tutorials but I've come up empty.

Any suggestions? Am I even asking to do something Inkscape is suited to?

Cheers,

Mitch

Welcome Mitch!

Yes, that sounds like something that Inkscape can certainly do! There have been some clever processes that people have reported for doing this. Let's see if I can find a recent topic that comes to mind....

Ok, here it is: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12791 And there are other topics where people have posted related techniques, like for coloring the line art. Try searching "color line art" or line drawing.

Since you've drawn the work on paper, and scanning it in, I guess you don't use a graphics tablet? That would be another way to get hand drawn work into Inkscape.

Thanks Brynn - I think even if I had found that thread I wouldn't have recognised it as being useful for what I want to do. It sounds just the job though - I think I can make progress from here.

As for graphics tablets, I'm still firmly wedded to pencils and Rotring pens

Thanks again,

Mitch