Vectorizing in Inkscape (Tutorial)
Vectorize in Inkscape: Convert pixel images (PNG, JPG) into vector graphics
Language: German

Vectorize in Inkscape: Convert pixel images (PNG, JPG) into vector graphics

This training saves you the graphic designer and agency job again and again: Learn to easily vectorize pixel images yourself in the free graphics program Inkscape. Marco Kolditz shows you how to proceed in 80 minutes. You will apply your newly acquired knowledge to PNG and JPG images, monochrome and multicolored images, logos, icons and photographed drawings.

  • Step by step: How to convert pixel images (e.g. JPG and PNG) into vector graphics
  • Get there quickly: All the functions for vectorizing in the free graphics program Inkscape explained
  • Reliable in every pixel layer: What is important when vectorizing monochrome and multicoloured images
  • Refining expertise: How to further customize and optimize converted vector graphics in Inkscape
  • Perfectly prepared for the print shop: How to convert your texts into paths
  • Optimized for the web: How to save your vector graphics in scalable SVG format
  • Learn what you can easily vectorize yourself: for example logos, icons, photographed drawings
  • 80 minutes. Video trainer Marco Kolditz. Specific examples.

The task: Convert pixels into vectors. The solution: you! With this training, you will acquire a skill that you can offer and will need again and again: Vectorizing!

Details
  • Usable with:
  • content: 1 h Video training
  • Licence: private and commercial Rights of use
Categories
Design (illustration, layout & printing)
Created with love by:
Marco Kolditz Marco Kolditz

Examples of use

  • Tutorial for vectorizing pixel graphics in Inkscape on a monitor
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    Vectorize in Inkscape: Learn how to convert pixel images into vector graphics.
  • Comparison of a photographed pixel image and the corresponding vector graphic
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    Would you like to vectorize photographed drawings (e.g. sketches of logos)? Find out how to proceed here!
  • Inkscape Training: Convert images into vector graphics.

    Details of the content

    Converting pixel-based images into vector graphics - this is how it works in Inkscape

    There's this one image that needs to be vectorized - because it needs to be displayed with sharp edges on the web or prepared in vector quality for the print shop ... Do you also have this kind of task pop up from time to time? If so, then simply do it yourself.

    This training course will give you the knowledge you need to convert pixel graphics, scanned or photographed images into vector graphics . Another plus point: your trainer Marco Kolditz uses the vector program Inkscape in his instructions, which you can download free of charge from the Internet.

    Vectorize and optimize for print and web: PNG, JPG, photos, texts, logos

    Indispensable for icons on the web - essential for logos - and often required for lettering that goes out to the printers: Vector quality. In this 80-minute video training course, you will learn step by step how to convert existing pixel images into vector graphics and then adapt them further.

    In Inkscape you will import PNG images , vectorize them with suitable functions and edit the result as you wish. Your trainer will address the challenges you may encounter when vectorizing monochrome (black and white), multicoloured and photographed images . Solutions included, of course!

    You will also learn how to convert texts into paths and how to save your vector graphics in SVG format for web optimization . Vectorizing - you'll have it down in 80 minutes!

    The advantages of vector graphics are obvious to you!

    Pixels really come into their own with photos. However, when it comes to intricate graphics such as icons, logos or illustrations, these usually have to be prepared as vector graphics.

    Why? Why? Why? Vectors do not describe the graphic using individual pixels, but using formulas that you can display as curves in programs such as Inkscape . The main advantages: On the one hand, the curves and paths save memory space and, on the other hand, they can be scaled as small as they are huge - without any loss of quality. For example, the edges always remain razor-sharp.

    If you have a graphic such as an icon or logo as a pixel image, for example in JPG or PNG format, it is often advisable to convert it to a vector graphic . So that you can easily do this yourself, start the training right away and get vectorizing! A tip on top: Are you still unfamiliar with Inkscape? Then get to grips with the software quickly and easily with our Inkscape basics training.