Hi,
There must be something very special about your png file, cos' it crashes my rev21271 Inkscape build every time I try to import it (windows XP). I can import other pngs just fine.
Anyway, to answer your question:
If you already have clean land shapes as you should after following the tutorial:
- create a new layer (below the current where the shapes are)
- go back to the current layer
- duplicate the shapes (which, I suppose, are paths or "empty" countries
- go back to the current layer
- Edit / duplicate the shape you want (the duplicated one is then selected)
- Layer : move selection to layer below (the one you just created)
- Go in the Object / fill and stroke menu. Suppress the stroke (the original shape), add a fill.
- Done.
Now if you make the new layer invisible, you have your lands shapes as empty as before.
N.B. : You could also use a sub-layer of the "current" one instead of a new separate layer, but then if you make the current invisible, the invisibility also applies to the subs-, it's a bit more difficult to handle.
Regards.
--- On Sun, 5/17/09, Norman Khine <norman@...2639...> wrote:
From: Norman Khine <norman@...2639...> Subject: [Inkscape-user] fill areas advice To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 5:37 PM Hello, I tried to follow the tracing example at http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/ATracingExample.html but have difficulties in manipulating my image to what I want. Basically I have three globes (file attached), I have traced the areas, but now I would like to fill the land parts with the colors red, green and blue one for each globe and for this fill to be in a new layer. Can someone please advise on how to achieve this. Many thanks Norman
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