If you want to learn how to write any phrase, using any font and in any size, and then convert it into a rhinestone template, then this is the tutorial you’ve been waiting for!! I’ll teach you step by step and in addition I’ll leave you a video so you can follow each of the steps.
I also want you to know, that all the tools you need are free and it is very important that you have installed the inkscape software.
Let’s get to work!
- Open the inkscape software, type the phrase or word you want to convert to rhinestone using the font you want, fill in the text in black, then click on the padlock icon (close it) to resize proportionally with a width of 12 inches .
- Select the text; From the inkscape menu, select FILE / export PNG image, a new menu will open on the right sidebar of the screen, clic “EXPORT AS” to indicate the location where the file will be saved and then click “EXPORT”.
- Open this website and clic on “UPLOAD A FILE TO TRACE” then load the image saved in the previous step. Select options “CENTERLINE” and “SVG”. Then places the “sharper bar” in the center. Wait for your image to be processed and “download”.
- Open in the inkscape software the file downloaded in the previous step and continues with step 3 of this other tutorial.
Shortcuts to work on inkscape quickly
- Press F1 to switch to SELECT mode.
- Click on the number 4 to zoom in on the full image.
- Press CTRL+D to duplicate an image.
- To distribute the circles equally , do the following: MENU OBJECT/ Align and Distribute, a new window will appear in the right sidebar, where you must go to the rearrange options and click on the last icon of that row of options (you must have previously selected all the circles you want to redistribute uniformly).
THank you for your tutorials, but I can’t seem to find the “Upload a File to trace” on this website. Could you please help me? Thank you
Hi, when you clic on “website” word in the step three, this will open a new window, in this new window you will see “Upload a File to trace”