Once I have a set of layers that resemble the logo, I paint them all the same color (black in this case) to easily discern the shape that its taking. This creates a layer for each color (or similar), resulting in a good amount of layers.įrom the set layers I can just remove the background layers (white, whiteish) ending with a simpler version of the logo. The first step I perform is to trace using a full color tracing. You can judge for yourself, but it seems to be some kind of jar with pickled stuff in it. Being a stamp, It is full of jitter, places with no ink, and to add injury, I just took a photo of it. Vectorising the Debian logoĪs an easy example I’ll grab the classic Debian logo and pass it through Inkscape. I’m not an expert on tracing, so I treat this tool as a black box with knobs and lights, twisting and changing until I get the best result.

Open the Trace Bitmap Tool Path->Trace Bitmap.The steps are common for any vectorization we might want to do. The tracing tool for Inkscape is based the Potrace, it won’t hurt you to know that this is what we’ll be using. Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor, and as the title implies, this is the tool that I’ll use to vectorise the logos. There’s a lot of manuals online for this, an in-depth one with good examples can be found in Tavmjong Bah’s website. With a couple of examples, a graceful one and a crazy one. In this post we’ll see how to create a vector file from a pixmap (jpg, png, whatever raster format that Inkscape can open). Other ones don’t even have a computer where the logo is stored. Some bars have their fancy logos already as a vector image. The idea is to do a little of propaganda: banners, t-shirts, mugs all the way! And now, for something completely different.įor a coming event we want to use logos from different bars and cafes around the block.

Inkscape vector lighting