gimp and inkscape

[daveo]

Hi All
not been around for a while as i have been moving house, the intention being that I could allow myself a little time to start and learn how to make patterns. Then disaster struck I had a fall and ended up in hospital with a broken pelvis (ouch).
So I now seem to have the next five or six weeks to spare.
So I will probably be asking a good few questions on the subject if that ok.
The first is this ,,by just using  a picture as a trial I went through the stages from gimp to inkscape and back again when I first bring up yhe pic in inkscape it shows a white b/ground but when I open it back up in gimp it has a checked b/ground, I habe noticed in ink that the preferences show this checked b/ground but how do you change it?

[jscott2]

daveo, what I am going to say applies to a "PNG" file.  Other file types may be different.  In Gimp, the checked background means the background is transparent.  A transparent background in Inkscape shows white on the screen. 

A transparent background is useful for situations such as web site work but for scroll saw patterns, white or transparent doesn't matter.

Personally I like transparent as I do some web design so it's convenient default for me.  If you don't like transparent, there is probably a default that you can set to have a white background, or you could try filling the background with white using paint can (can't remember the correct name but it looks like a paint can).
Jim

[Old Crow]

Daveo, Open it in Gimp, then click on "Layer", "NEW LAYER, "White. Your image will disappear. Click on "Layer, "Stack", "Layer to bottom. Your image will re-appear with a white background. Then save as.
Hope that helps.
Don R

[daveo]

thanks guys
I new this was the place to ask
cheers
Dave

[jrpeteo]

Dave, check your email.
Pete

[daveo]

Pete
thanks for that mate I was working to those instructions.
I am just finding my way around the basics and then I'll move on a bit ( after all theres no rush from were Im layed)
Dave

[Tomsunnu]

Daveo, Open it in Gimp, then click on "Layer", "NEW LAYER, "White. Your image will disappear. Click on "Layer, "Stack", "Layer to bottom. Your image will re-appear with a white background. Then save as.
Hope that helps.
Don R

Don, I have to still learn this 'Layers' from you some how I am unable to get it right

Mahendra

[EIEIO]

If you use Gimp to open the trace from Inkscape (filename.svg), the trace is only the black portion of the image. So Gimp displays the checkerboard indicating the rest is transparent.

On the toolbox, make sure you have the Black foreground, White background set. Then on the menu select "Image", "Flatten image". That will put the white background behind the black of the trace.