07-14-2021, 01:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-14-2021, 01:46 PM by rich2005.
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Quote:How can I make a new transparent layer and delete the white layer? I mean I made a new transparent layer but then how do I delete the white layer and what does the new transparent layer have to do with the svg that I opened? Yes I marked the "import paths" option by the way
What does it have to do with the LibreCad svg? When you exported a drawing (svg) from LibreCAD it asked you what colour background. White is default. You asked for a transparent layer how-to in the first post. Adding / Deleting can be done from the layers menu or the layers dock.
Quote:And even with white background does it mean the drawing is still svg?
Well you exported as a drawing (svg). Gimp is not a vector editor. Use something like Inkscape for that. Import a svg into Gimp and the vector is rasterized, those svg paths become coloured pixels. If you want to change that then you need to use the paths, but no, it is no longer a svg image, it is a raster image.
Quote:All I want is to draw on the lines as if drawing by thick black pencil
Open the svg in Gimp.
Add an new layer Layer -> New Layer
Delete the original layer - click on it in the layers dialogue - Layer -> Delete layer
Merge all the paths in the paths dock - Make all the paths visible - right click for merge all visible paths.
Stroke the paths with suitable size Edit -> Stroke path
Turn the path visibility off.
40 second animation of that: https://i.imgur.com/rizkR1o.mp4
edit: You probably need to make the canvas a little larger. Use Image -> Canvas Size for that.