![]() ![]() ![]() Raster images are the most common form of digital image because they’re composed of pixels in a similar way to your output device (your monitor, in other words). GIMP isn’t the only piece of free image editing software available, so I can point you in the direction of a couple of different options that will let you create vector images properly, with all the fun and time-saving tools that you’ll find in a dedicated vector graphics program. GIMP cannot do anything with these entities, but it can load them as paths.” – The official GIMP user manual, Section 5.7 “The SVG format handles many other graphical elements than just paths: among other things, it handles figures such as squares, rectangles, circles, ellipses, regular polygons, etc. An SVG file will probably display better in your web browser than it will in GIMP. You can open SVG files, but that’s about it. GIMP does have limited support for the web-friendly vector format SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), but when I say limited support, I really mean it. ![]() The strokes, fills, and patterns of your shapes are all rasterized as pixels immediately, and never exist as vector data. The Paths tool in GIMP does use a Bezier curve system in the same way that vector graphics programs create shapes, but these paths are only used as a means of defining specific areas for pixel editing. GIMP is a raster image editor, which means it creates and edits pixels, not vectors. Then you could go to the "Stroke Style" tab and set the line Width to 10.000 px.Creating vector images from pixel images is useful for a lot of different design projects, but I have to tell you right from the start that GIMP is not designed for creating vector images. For example, you can could set the "Stroke Paint" settings to (R: 0, G: 0, B: 255, A: 255). The "ugly black line" only appears in the Scribus editor, but it goes away once you print the file. In Step 7, you can actually leave the "Stroke Paint" Alpha level at 255. I'm sure you can come up with much better frames than this one, so get started! Then scale the image to the size you want. The imported MyFrame.svg object should now be usable as an image frame. After that, use the Item->Convert To->Image Frame menu item. If the Item->Combine Polygons menu item is available, use it. Use the red control handles or the Properties toolbar to scale it to the size you want. ![]() Open your Scribus document and use the File->Import->Import SVG. (See the correction at the bottom of the page.) After that, save the document as MyFrame.svg or something like that. If you don't do this, you'll end up with an ugly line around the frame in Scribus. Then, under the "Stroke Paint" tab, select the "Flat Color" box and set the color in the RGB section to Black with 0 Alpha (R: 0, G: 0, B: 0, A: 0). On the "Fill" tab, make sure the "Flat Color" box is selected, and set the "Flat Color" in in the RGB area below to Black (R: 0, G: 0, B: 0, A: 255). So select it, and select the Object->Fill and Stroke. Step 6 (Inkscape) Now you should just have the vector object on screen. Now click the other object (your imported image) and delete it by pressing the Delete key Click on the "Select and transform objects" tool again (the black arrow). The object you just dragged should now have lots of little grey squares on it, proving that it is the vector object. Just to be sure you got the right object, click on the "Edit path nodes or control handles" tool (a black arrow with three blue squares on a blue arc). A vector version of your frame image should now be in the main Inkscape window, although it might be hard to see it at this point.Ĭlick the vector object and drag it to the side. In the Trace Bitmap window, select the Brightness radio button in the Image Brightness section at the top, then press the OK button at the bottom. With the image selected, use the Path->Trace bitmap. Open Inkscape, create a new document, and either drag and drop your MyFrame.png file onto the Inkscape canvas, or use the File->Import. Then save your file as MyFrame.png or something like that. Select black (#000000) as your foreground color and paint your frame onto the canvas. Open Gimp and create a new document in Gimp with a transparent background. This tip shows you how you can create custom image frames fairly easily using GIMP and Inkscape. This article is part of the Tips & Tricks series. ![]()
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