Using: Inkscape

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Using: Inkscape

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Getting started

You will need to have Inkscape installed to follow this tutorial.

I am not going to go through how to get a new file created and how to open your Silhouette in the tool, if you don't know how to do that, you can find tutorials online to help you with it.

This tutorial will only show the Preview Window silhouette but the process is exactly the same for the Transform Window silhouette.

Open Your Silhouette

Easiest thing to do is open your slhouette image in Inkscape

Trace Your Silhouette

Select your image, then go to Path > Trace Bitmap...

Trace Settings

Change from Single Scan to Multicolor in the Trace Bitmap panel, then set the following settings and click Apply.

These settings were found through trial and error to create a good trace for a weapon icon, feel free to play with them as you want

Setting	Value
Detection Mode	Colors
Scans	8
Smooth	Unchecked
Stack	Unchecked
Remove Background	Checked
Speckles	Checked and set to `257`
Smooth Corners	Checked and set to `0.25`
Optimize	Checked and set to `1.000`

Delete Original Image Layer

Change the right panel view to Layers and Objects, then select the Image layer, then click the Delete trashcan icon.

Resize Page to Selection

Select your path1 shape and then go to Edit > Resize Page to Selection to resize the page bounds to your shape. This will make it so your icon scaling doesnt have exta padding where you dont need it.

Recolor for Export

With your path selected, click the White color box on the bottom left to recolor your shape.

Export Icon to SVG

Keep your path selected then go to File > Export....

Save Icon SVG

On the right side Export Panel, go to the bottom and click the button which shows your file path to open the exporting filename window.

Navigate to where you want to save the file.

Choose Plain SVG (*.svg) for the Save as type and then click Save

Next Steps

Now you have created your weapon icon SVG and can follow either of the following tutorials: