Generally, when I see no LIVE PREVIEW is when I get no results at all. Most of the time, I do not even get a LIVE PREVIEW even if I check the box. I have tried variations of checking or unchecking all the boxes in the SINGLE SCAN and MULTIPLE SCAN popup box. So when I follow the above instructions to make a silhouette from an existing image, my results differ in one of two ways.ĮITHER I just get an exact copy of the image (full colors and all detail) If I try drag and drop, all I see is the loss of this screen and a full page render of the pic I tried to drop (meaing I have had to type this whole thing 3 times now). My only options at the bottom of this text box is SUBMIT. My apologies, but I see no functionality on this screen that allows me to post any pix. I have seen about 12 variations of these tutorials. Below is a link to a couple videos I have watched to learn how to do a silhouette. To me, a silhouette is a b&w outline of a given image. But in the end only the white areas + their inserted bridges can be a proper solid piece to be cut, the black areas have islands which cannot keep their places.Sorry, let me fill in some details here. Everything must be ungrouped and a combined path must be formed.Ī math equivalent of the shown trick would be to draw and subtract pieces from the black shape. Boolean path operations (union, difference etc.) do not work with groups. If you happen to have groups the case is more complex. Small, but still visible errors can be fixed without undoing by moving nodes with the node tool. If it's not good enough, UNDO the union and fix the bridge shape. Select the underlying combined path and the bridge, apply Path > Union to combine the pieces: You hit the corners and edges easily if you have all point snaps ON. You may make them one by one by clicking over a closed area with the Bezier curve tool. You must draw manually bridge pieces which connect the parts. This is a simplified version of my assumption what you have now: Confirm it by setting the fill color to red. Now you should have the white areas as a combined path. Make another as big rectangle, align it with the black shape and send the new rectangle to back. The outer edges of the black shape is a big rectangle.

Inkscape laser cutting imported image