MelM wrote:
GIMP Version: 2.8
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: XP - SP3
GIMP Experience: Beginner Level
Hello,
I have been playing around with making Gimp brushes and so far so good, but I just ran into an issue I was hoping to get some help with.
The previous brushes I created by using shapes in Inkscape and all have worked nicely in Gimp, but this time I was attempting to create a brush using a jpg image of a basic black and white outline drawing with some parts filled in (a flower). The jpg of course was too pixelated around the edges so I put it into Inkscape to clean it up via the Trace Bitmap tool to get a vector drawing of that image. Worked nicely until I uploaded the Inkscape svg file into Gimp and saved it as a gbr. Once uploaded, before saving it as the brush, the lines were all jagged again, and once saved, the brush is stamping with jagged edges and does not look good. If it's a vector file, and looked completely clean in Inkscape, how did it convert back to the lower quality image? Did I miss a step when I uploaded it to Gimp - I didn't change any options with the pop-up box that shows when you upload. Or is there a better way to clean up the image for the gimp brush to work at highest quality (i.e. no jagged edges)?
I've tried to research this on my own but have not found any useful information yet. Thank you for any tips or advice anyone may have for me
Mel
You can avoid going back and forth between Gimp and Inkscape by using the paths editor in Gimp.
Bitmaps don't scale well, especially up, so you have better make your bitmap the right size each time directly from the vectors/path version(*). Or make a sufficiently large version so that you will only need to scale it down.
(*) suggested work flow:
- load SVG in side image and keep the path;
- drop all layers
- when you need a brush
-- scale image
-- path to selection
-- bucket fill selection on transparent layer with required color
-- Edit/copy
- use the result as the "clipboard" brush
- most of the above can be scripted if needed.