inkscape capabilities

[Luke Lockridge]

Can anybody tell me the capabilities of inkscape from a vinyl cutting point of view? What can I do with images? Can I vectorize them or make the easier to cut with this program?

[Scott Shepherd]

Inkscape is a graphics program like Corel. Not sure what you mean by can your vectorize an image. You mean a photograph? It does have a trace feature that will convert a bitmap into a vector file. I haven't used it much more than playing around with it. It's not the best.

Inkscape is a vector based program, so anything you draw is certainly ready for a plotter. I'm not aware of any plug-in's that would allow you to cut directly from it, but there may be some out there.

[Luke Lockridge]

I am looking for something that can take jpegs and bmps and change them into eps.

[james finley]

try vector magic great software......try out an demo you will be amaze how good it does eps
hope it helps :)

[Joe Pelonio]

You can use Inkscape, but also Corel, Vector Magic, or Adobe Illustrator. Also, better vinyl cutting software does raster to vector conversion.