Thanks for the reply.

this line

> if I go into view>outline my svg lines show and a whwite square with a X
> - so it HAS changed it to an image

should have read
> if I go into view>outline my svg lines show AS a white square with a X
> - so it HAS changed it to an image

the file had one image (layer 1) and one set of paths (svg lines - if only I could have thought of the word paths when I first typed this ;) ) layer 2 this had two colours, back stroke cut lines and red stroke score lines.

now I have two images - the original one (layer 1) and the one I had as paths (layer2) two colours. it seems to have converted the paths to an image. I have no paths in the file any more.

I have sat and manually re-traced it again!! NOT in 92 as for me this is unstable and has now been removed from my system. I used 91 and have overwritten the original file, as images are useless to me, apart from for tracing, as they crash the cutter software if sent to the machine.

I tend to have autosave turned on but I guess installing 92 set it to be off and I did not think to check it.

On 19 February 2017 at 23:39, Maren Hachmann <maren@...3112...> wrote:

Hi Gary,

I understand your frustration, loosing work is hard.

But if what you wrote about your 'svg lines' (i.e. paths) showing up in
outline mode is correct, then your work is not lost.

I mean this part:

> if I go into view>outline my svg lines show and a whwite square with a X
> - so it HAS changed it to an image

So, if this is true - both are still there? Or how did you mean this?

Are you able to upload the svg file somewhere? E.g. dropbox, google
drive, framadrop.org?

I think you may just have accidentally selected the image, and your
paths are still there, maybe on a hidden layer.

One important advice:
In any case, activate the autosave feature. You can find it in Edit ->
Preferences -> Input/Output -> Autosave. If you mess up a file, or
Inkscape crashes without making a backup, these autosaves are invaluable.

You can also use the Undo functionality, when you haven't closed
Inkscape, to get back to a previous state.

Kind Regards,
Maren

Am 19.02.2017 um 23:43 schrieb Gary Hawkins:
> HI,
>
> I am trying out inkscape 92 and downloaded 92.1 for windows 10
>
> I just spent over an hour manually tracing a file I was hoping to use on
> my digital cutter - but it seem inkscape has changed the svg lines to an
> image - as useful as a chocolate fireguard or teapot - and I don't now
> how it did it but effing annoying!!!!
>
> Steps I did
> I loaded in an image with the design on
> I manually traced the outline, using black stroke for cutting and red
> stroke for any folding (non cut) lines
> I moved the traced lines to a new layer above the current one
> turned off the eye on the cut lines layer
> moved the actual image to the centre of the page
> locked the image layer
> opened the eye on the cut line layer
> selected the svg lines and at the bottom of the screen it say it's an image
> if I go into view>outline my svg lines show and a whwite square with a X
> - so it HAS changed it to an image
>
> so that was a waste of couple of hours as I now have to start all over
> again. and it WON'T be using inkscape 92!!! in fact inkscape 92 might
> well be dumped off the system as it's useless if it convert svg lines to
> images for no reason.
>
> NOT IMPRESSED
>
> and before anyone asks, I cannot use trace bitmap as that gives double
> lines and I need single lines and inkscape does not have a centre line
> trace.
>
> Gaz
>
>

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