Inkscape Inkstitch introduction and overview
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- I give a detailed overview of Inkstitch. Inkstitch is an AWESOME free plugin for the AWESOME free vector graphics editor inkscape. Create beautiful embroidery machine designs limited only by your own imagination (or in my case the absence of artistic ability LOL).
Very helpful! got sticker shock when I found out what they were charging for an embroidering program. Thank you for posting this and I'm sure I'll be watching!
Me TOO!!!
Thank you so much. Finally a tutorial for inkstitch that takes me through an actual project.
Reporting back. I got my logo into Inkscape and did a successful Simulation. Could never have done this without your tutorial. Tomorrow the embroidery machine gets its turn.
Awesome. Glad to hear you had success and that I could help. Thank you for the kind words.
Wow!! This is the best tutorial on any subject I’ve seen on RUclips. Clear and logical. No parenthetical “by the way” inserts. This evening I set up a Brother SE-400 and did a test using built in designs. Tomorrow I’ll take my logo, load it into Inkscape and I’m confident I’ll be ready to embroider it with a minimum of frustration. I hope you have more videos because I just subscribed.
Were you able to do it ?
How did you get yours into your sewing machine can’t seem to figure this one out
Thank you for taking the time to explain the features of Inkstitch and Inkscape. Your video is so helpful! Can't wait for more of your tutorials!
Thank you
finally, someone who explains and makes it easy to understand and follow along
Thank you
Thank you so very much for this video!!!!!! If I could, I would like it a thousand times.
I was completely lost with Inkstitch and didn't think I would be able to stitch my logo. Well, I've done it, thanks to you! I'll be watching your whole playlist.
Thank you very much :)
Great tutorial and troubleshooting on simulation issues! This was very clear and looking forward to see more in the future!
Thank you
Fantastic tutorial. Please keep these coming! Bless you.
Thank you so much ❤️
Great!! Thanks!!
this is the video ive been looking for thank you my guy i really thank you
Thank you
Thank you one million times. I've been so discouraged because I couldn't figure this out and the other videos were not good at explaining! Thanks thanks thanks!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I have more planned but work gets in the way sometimes 😂😆
Thank you, very informative video!
Thank you
This is the best tutorial I have watched yet. Quick question, I guess I didn’t set you my thread colour in the beginning and now it isn’t letting me, every answer I find online isn’t really working for me
See if this helps...
www.lowtechlinux.com/2021/12/02/inkstitch-thread-color-management/
@@LowTechLinux I tried this so many times with almost identical steps but once following yours I got it right away. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to help me!
@@danim6577 No problem at all. I'm glad I could help.
thank you so much! this really helped (:
I have one very basic question.....which type of file do I save a trace bit map that I'm working on to be able to go back to it later and work on some more......I've always just kept going...thanks
Always save your projects as a .SVG file. That's the easiest way to pick it back up, edit it, and save again (always as SVG).
Once you're happy with the embroidery project, save as SVG, then save again as your embroidery file.
@@LowTechLinux thanks so much!
In the preview there are thin lines when it jumps between objects, I assume those are just thread that you need to trim off when it is done. Is there a special way to trim those off so it doesn't all unravel?
Trim from the front facing side with wee little scissors. Don't cut anything from the backside.
You can apply a cut command but only some machines recognize the command.
Hello, and thank you for this tutorial. I was able to paste the Ink/stitch into the extensions, however where you go into the extensions folder and you see a 'install add-ons for inkscape' my inkscape doesn't offer that. I installed the ink/stitch extensions on 2 pc's, one running Win 10, 64, and the other Win 10, 32. Neither offers the install add-ons for inkscape. How can I obtain this?
Inkstitch 2.0 no longer offers the "install add-ons for inkscape" option. In inkstitch 2.0 the new menu for the add-ons is now found by following the menu structure Extensions > Inkstitch > Thread color management > Install thread color palettes for inkscape.
Q : can inkscape + inkstitch run on raspberry pi ( single board computer) ?
If can, what linux distro should i use?
I am a beginner in linux, but willing to learn..thx
honestly I have no idea. There are builds of inkscape for the rasppi so in theory it should work.
As for what distro to use on it, there is an official Raspberry Pi OS for it. If you want to play around with distros I always recommend Manjaro.
can inkstitch resize or scale an existing embroidery file. thanks for the answer e complimenti for the good open source program
You can change the size by a little bit. The problem being you can't change the params of an existing embroidery file so if you make it larger you can't increase the density to fill any gaps created and if you make it smaller you can't decrease the density and it could become too dense. This all depends on how much you're adjusting the size.
When I select Brigness Cutoff and select UPDATE, nothing shows up? Any ideas why?
What version of inkscape are you using?
Try turning up the brightness threshold setting.
you could also switch to the multiple scans tab and try the brightness threshold there.
I can't really help much more without knowing what the image is.
@@LowTechLinux I am using 1.0.1 _ I downloaded it last Sept...each time I try using it, I just end up failing! haha! thought I'd give it a whirl again... I did try other options such as edge detection, color quantization and just changing the threshold in the brightness...but it just ends up distorting it too much to use. it is a company logo I was playing with...basically a circle in a square and then the name of the company.
@@carmen-cf5tr Inkscape can be quite frustrating sometimes. Would you be willing to email the image to me so that I might have a look? ltl@lowtechlinux.com
@@LowTechLinux just sent it, thanks for your input!
@@carmen-cf5tr good news (I think). I was having the exact same result. Didn't matter what method I used it gave me nothing.
So, I loaded it into GIMP (free image editor), gave it a white background and changed everything of the image to black (maximum contrast).
All of the single scans gave me nothing, but the multiple scans gave me a hit. Not a perfect result but I'm going to hand it back to you at this point so you can work with it. Let me know how it goes. (sending email now)
I've been doing some of my own embroidery files with inkstitch and have found that the stitches are really tight and compact, too much for my liking as a matter of fact. It could be because I have a husqvarna machine. How can I fix it so that the stitches don't tear up my fabric? I have a pic of an example but I don't think I can share it here.
I'm assuming you mean with fill stitches over a large area?
Select the fill stitch object and then go into params and you can adjust how dense the stitches are.
Extensions>Inkstitch>Params
Look for 'Spacing between rows'. The default is .25. If you set it to a higher number the stitch will be less dense. Try small numbers jumps as in .3 and then .35. The preview window will give you the number of stitches to stitch that object and will change as you change this value.
@@LowTechLinux ok I will! Thank you so much. You are just awesome for taking the time to teach others. I’ve asked you several questions about this program and you’ve promptly answered them all, I cannot tell you how much you have helped me!
@@mindrhapsodyofficial thank you for the kind words. I think inkstitch is amazing and trying to do my part to spread the love 😁.
"path290: error: Fill: Shape is not valid. This can happen if the border crosses over itself."
Did you find out how to fix that
Not sure if this is the "proper" way to fix this error but I fix this by zooming into where the troubleshoot layer has arrows pointed and look for extra nodes and delete any that look like they shouldn't be there
I’ve saved my pes design on my computer and USB successfully, but when I put it into my embroidery machine it doenst read it!! I think it may be corrupting during the process but I’ve tried everything
What is the brand name and model for the embroidery machine?
@@LowTechLinux Brother innovis NV950. Last week i was able to see the pes on my machine and it embroidered perfectly. I tried today but it didnt work so i tried with just 1 shape and it showed up on my machine, its only when i make a proper design with multiple lines that it wont show up.
I'd you don't mind sharing, send the svg file to me at ltl@lowtechlinux.com and I'll have a look at it. Just clocked into work so it will be later this evening.
@@LowTechLinux no worries I’ll send it through now
Hi, thank you for this video, I was wondering if you could explain how I can get my drawings turned into designs, I noticed you mentioned that your wife had drawn her design on paper
Drawings that you made in inkscape, or drawings you've done in other programs, drawings done the old fashion way with pen and paper?
@@LowTechLinux drawings on paper please
@@mightyboosh84 You'll need to convert it to a digital format by scanning it on a nice scanner or even just taking a good picture of it with your phone or digital camera. Then it's a matter of trial and error to use the 'scan to bitmap' option. In 'scan to bitmap' you have several options, try several one at a time to get the best bitmap representation. This is covered a little bit more in my next video. Have a look at it. I plan on doing a tutorial around doing just this in the near future.
ruclips.net/video/JrsrutfJjFs/видео.html
@@LowTechLinux thank you so much for this. I came across your next video after I commented here. Again very helpful. I’m just finding that the simulator is not working for me at the end.
@@mightyboosh84 the simulator can take a long time to start depending on how complex your work is, and the specs of the computer you are working on.
Inkstitch>troubleshoot>troubleshoot objects is your best friend. Make sure you don't have any objects highlighted when you run it. If it says all objects are valid it should work on your embroidery machine even if it doesn't work in the simulator.
You can troubleshoot objects with an object highlighted, but it will ONLY troubleshoot the object you have highlighted, not the whole piece. This can be useful too if you know when to do just a selected object.
When I did my embroidery the outline stitching came out very thin and feeble looking. Is there a way to change the thickness of the actual embroidery?
In inkscape go to "fill and stroke". (Object menu > fill and stroke).
Select "stroke style" and increase the width of your line. That will also change the width of your stitch.
Let me know if that helps
@@LowTechLinux I'll have to try it on my machine but it doesn't simulate like it is any thicker. The line is very scraggily and thin (and when I up the size in width it just sews over the same line three times instead of making it tighter if that makes sense) Hmm..
@@Alli.Kelley Yeah, it should simulate bigger if it's going to stitch bigger. I'm not sure I fully understand though, when you make the line thicker it shouldn't just add repeats instead. that's odd.
just for giggles have you tried making the line ridiculously thicker just to see what happens?
@@LowTechLinux No but I'll give that a go ! haha
@@LowTechLinux So I figured it out! I wasn't using satin stitches and now I am learning how to do that.
I keep getting a permission denied when I try to do embroider extension
Are you on a mac? If so which one (big sur is my guess).
If that's the case check out this link and look for installing on catalina and big sur.
inkstitch.org/docs/install-macos/
I’m on Catalina, just updating my Mac so we’ll see if it works after the update
My design keeps saying border crosses itself and I have no idea how to fix it
You'll need to use the nodes tool and zoom in as close as you can to the offending nodes to make sure that there aren't two nodes stacked on top of each other and make sure the node isn't turned causing the border to cross itself.
I'm planning a video in the next couple days addressing this.
@@LowTechLinux can I send you a video in your inbox for more help
@@elgincraley3010 yes. I'll have a look
Please send the svg file to ltl@lowtechlinux.com and I will make a video showing you how to fix.
@@LowTechLinux I’m a send it to you now