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# First effort at tracing


Can't quite figure out how to make the outlines less visible though
(I helped save b3ta! Doomladen ms paint lover, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 21:37, archived)
# You could try
not using outlines, and just using fills :)
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 21:44, archived)
# indeed
but how to do so...using Inkscape I can't seem to force no outline
(I helped save b3ta! Doomladen ms paint lover, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 21:47, archived)
# Click on the 'F S' block in the very bottom left conrer
Then fade out the A value in the Stroke Colour tab,
(I helped save b3ta! Bloop Fri 16 Jul, 22:10, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 22:02, archived)
# try
not allowing toe software to make the selections and fill and stroke for you. Make your selections freehand on a separate layer and brush/fill by hand. Using the softwares default parameters to select and fill for you removes any creative freedom and control you have over the result.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 22:11, archived)
# The tracing isn't really the point
It's the first step that I'm trying to get the hang of, to open the door to messing about with the vectored result

I've done some freehand stuff too, but for complex images I want to understand how to create the vectors with pure software so that I can mess with it subsequently.
(I helped save b3ta! Doomladen ms paint lover, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 22:20, archived)
# I'm not criticising you in any way
just trying to lead you in a direction that you will have total control over your result rather than creating an image and wondering what you have to then do to alter it to something you might prefer. If you get used to working in a way that you are in control then it will speed up your process.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 22:22, archived)
# I know
I'm just trying to figure out how to get the software to vectorise a complex bitmap, but do it without showing the strokes. I can't seem to make it happen. Even if I reduce the stroke width to zero, zero the opacity, I still end up with stroke lines. It's driving me nuts.

For clearer, simpler images with stronger contrast within the colours, I tend to handtrace as you suggest. But for an image like this one it's really bloody hard to do, which is why I chose it for software vectoring.
(I helped save b3ta! Doomladen ms paint lover, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 22:34, archived)