This sometimes confuses a few people because you'll need to hit Save in the navigating window, so its easy to think the image has been saved. When you have finished navigating to the location for the file and naming it, the image has still not been exported from Inkscape. Hit Export As then navigate to the location on your PC, and name the image file. The area highlighted in red allows you to name and save the image file to a location on your PC. In the Image size section, add the size you want your image to be. There are a number of options for exporting an image from Inkscape including exporting the page or the drawing, but in this instance we'll use Selection (highlighted in blue, top right) so that only the bitmap is exported with no background etc. A panel similar to the right of the above image should be visible. Now select File > Export PNG Image ( Shift > Ctrl > E). These handles can be seen in the above image and can be moved to adjust the curve.ģ0/ First select one half of the butterfly, hold down shift then select the other half. Once the node has been dragged the line will curve and handles will appear on the node. The first node tool will create a sharp angle, but the other three create curves with different features. After adding the node to the middle of a line, select one of the node tools then drag the node. The tools highlighted in red in the above image can be applied to an active node. This will add a node to the middle of the line.

Now select the Edit Paths tool (2nd from the top left highlighted in blue), then double click in the middle of where you want a curve.

The easiest way to create a curve within a bezier line is to click at the start of the line, then double click at the end. Thenclick at the part of the line a new direction is needed. To change direction in a line, click at the position you want the line to begin, which will add a node. 23/ In the image above a bezier line has been added to part of the wing that has a straight section as well as a curved section.

Inkscape trace bitmap stroke only