Hello, friends. Yes, I searched the community and tried a few recommendations. I Googled it and tried a few ideas there too. So far, I have tried the link for Pine Tools, and in Inkscape, I tried Filters->Color->Invert and Extensions > Colour > Negative. Neither of the Inkscape options changed anything.
Here is what I am trying to do. I am trying to invert this file so the text and stars are white and the background in the ring is black. I want the letters to stand out over an engraved dark ring. I want the fieId in the center to be plain wood, not engraved, so it should be white, correct? I have another image I will add to that area which will be scored. But I need the border of the ring to remain solid but score the inner edge.
I tried inverting it, but all I can get is the whole thing black. I have had a little success with Preview (thanks @geek2nurse ) and no success at all in Inkscape. I am attaching several files.
Please ease my frustration and tell me what to do next!
Also she wants it as perfect as possible, and there are challenges here beyond what can be casually fixed, probably the result of too much image tracing.
See how the U is all weird and not crisp? The curve on the bottom left of the S is uneven and lumpy? The periods are uneven, etc etc. All hallmarks of “bad” tracing, probably from a low resolution initial image.
Do you have the original original? I am assuming you pulled the circular badge from somewhere and didn’t make it yourself?
Not to mention that the star orientation isn’t radially symmetrical, thought that could be a design choice. All of the stars are oriented “flat”, with a point straight up. If it were my design I would make it so the stars all point “out”, as they usually do in these sorts of things:
she wants the center part to be white… (in a dark background)
she had that part done, when we started!
if not she would have said “no i want the center to be white”
when I showed her the first photo.
Thank you, that looks great. I can easily add the score image to the center. I will paint it. I wanted the background behind the area I am painting to be wood, so you are correct. You listened! You are amazing!
Actually, @beerfaced is correct. I want the background behind the artwork in the center field to be wood, not engraved. So it needs to be while in the svg.
