Hi Designers!
I just subscribed to this list, because I'm an FSFE fellow and fairly interested and passably skilled in 2D and 3D designing.
While browsing through the archives in order to get a feeling for the activities of this group, I stumbled over the problem that Matthias had with the low-resolution PNG from xkcd and it stroke my interest. [I can't reply directly to that message, because I found the mail in the archive.]
I know that this thread is old, but maybe some of you find this interesting still. I wouldn't believe that Inkscape can't trace that bitmap with appropriate accuracy. I realized that it would indeed not work out-of-the box, but it can be done with a trick. [see recipe below]
The result is very close to the original, I'd say. Only without pixels. ;) ...attached to this email and here https://owncloud.commonslab.gr/index.php/s/uqpuwXm6wmqqL6m
Other than that, I just want to say "Hello!" and that I'm happy to help designing logos, shirts, flyers, stickers or whatever I can, based on my moderate abilities and limited free time.
Best greetings, Jann
PS: The recipe... For all free software designers here who might run into a similar problem, here's a possible solution: * Scale the image up first (e.g. with GIMP) by an appropriate factor (here 5x-10x works fine) with Sinc (Lancos3) interpolation. * Then run the Inkscape trace-bitmap with a fairly low threshold. * Add some boldness as needed by adjusting the line-width of the path. (You might want to chose rounded joins from the 'Stroke style' tab.)
Eventually I "flattened" the image into a path *without* stroke. (They are easier to import into other programs, e.g. blender.org): * Duplicate the path. * Do "Stroke to path" with one of the copies * Make a "Union" of the two copies: (1) the stroke-to-path and (2) the original. * Remove the "stroke" of the path and leave only the "fill".
This will result in a single flat path. (With the blackness/boldness you chose previously when adjusting the stroke thickness.)
(CCing Katta, who is coordinating our public money public code campaign, where we soon need help from designers.)
Dear Jann,
* Jann Eike KRUSE jannkruse@fsfe.org [2017-02-02 00:56:34 +0200]:
I just subscribed to this list, because I'm an FSFE fellow and fairly interested and passably skilled in 2D and 3D designing.
Welcome to the list, and sorry for the late reply. Do you have some examples of previous work, so we get a feeling where to ask you for help in future?
The result is very close to the original, I'd say. Only without pixels. ;) ...attached to this email and here https://owncloud.commonslab.gr/index.php/s/uqpuwXm6wmqqL6m
Thank you so much for that! That is really good. Will directly include that in my slides for the future.
Other than that, I just want to say "Hello!" and that I'm happy to help designing logos, shirts, flyers, stickers or whatever I can, based on my moderate abilities and limited free time.
Looking forward to that. As mentioned above we will have a need for design work in for an upcoming campaign.
Good to have you on board!
All the best, Matthias