Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Antelope in Trees - Silhouette inkscape

Screen capture of the Trees only file.
I think I'm done with these.  I've learned something with each one, better, easier ways to construct them.  Still not confident I can do a video but I have another graphic that might work.  Anyhooo.  Today I have an antelope in the woods and an extra file...just the trees so you can add you own animal!  How's that for getting off the hook.
Screen capture w/ Antelope



To add an image to the file

  • Start with a clean silhouette of your choice
  • Convert it to a "path" if necessary.
  • Copy/past it into the tree file
  • Size it so that at least the bottom edge intrudes into the bottom of the frame and overlaps a branch or a trunk. This anchors the pieces together to make the design more stable.
  • Select both images and do Path/Union.
  • Check your work in View Outline to ensure nice connections.  I use magnify to get a closer look and remove any stray nodes too and sometimes widen some.
  • I don't recommend path/simplify as it usually wonks the trees.
NOTE that anything you see that is white will cut out and need to be weeded carefully from the black pieces.

Problem?  UNDO is your friend and try again.


I'd sure like to know how you do, so try it and come back and comment or end me an email.  All comments are appreciated for sure.


DOWNLOADS


PSantelopewoods
Trees frame only

4 comments:

Trisha said...

Lovely file, Sue. Good job! TFS!

marilyn said...

thanks for sharing...this will make a great gift for my brother-i-law.

Norma said...

these are so wonderful! TFS I have 3 sons and 4 GS's and these will be great for cards for them.

CBH said...

Thank you so much for this post. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in Creative Busy Hands Cricut Freebies Search List, under the Elements post on Nov. 10, 2010. Thanks again.