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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: OT: trace/extract vector points from a picture
From:       Samuel Sieb <samuel () sieb ! net>
Date:       2018-08-12 2:32:31
Message-ID: a4133cdc-be7b-daea-c7b1-f270cbc2b722 () sieb ! net
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On 08/11/2018 01:42 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 1:39 PM Tim via users
> <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > Allegedly, on or about 11 August 2018, None via users sent:
> > > I took a picture of alligator/crockodile? boots that have a nice
> > > stitched drawing.  I would like if any drawing/picture expert can
> > > help me get just the part of the gator/crock from the drawing?
> > 
> > You can use programs like GIMP to trace over an image.  Load your
> > picture as a background, create a layer over the top of it, then draw
> > on the layer, tracing your picture.  After you've traced it, hide your
> > background, and you've got your tracing to work with by itself.
> 
> And once you've done that you can open Inkscape and use the "Trace
> Bitmap" feature to turn it into a vector file if that is what you
> need.

Or skip GIMP completely, load the original bitmap in inkscape and 
manually (or maybe automatically) trace what you want.  I have done 
something like that before.  It's a lot easier if you have a graphic 
tablet or screen pen of course.
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