10-23-2019, 09:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-23-2019, 09:07 AM by rich2005.
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Quote:..the attached pic shows one of the areas I'm dealing with...
That scaled down image, and only part so it is going to be a less-than-simple project. What sort of size is the original? 600ppi but size in pixels? Using Gimp on larger will be easier.
Quote:...but the finer detailed areas seem daunting, and getting the correct lettering, shadowing, etc. seems too difficult for m limited skill, hence the desire to do it via stencil
Tracing the larger areas with some other application is fair-enough. Details You can trace by hand as paths. I would try and find matching (or close fonts) for the text even if not an exact match. Not easy to trace text by hand while text-to-path in Gimp gives a good result. You can try Nimbus Sans L Bold for most, maybe hand trace the awkward ones. That is the same problem using Gimp or Inkscape. Outlines, a path can be stroked in Gimp.
Attached a partial example, about as far as I want to go with that small image. Compressed Gimp, opens straight up.