User Decals - A Tutorial On How To Make .SVG (Request in separate thread)
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I have no idea what I'm doing wrong here. All I'm doing is making lines and filling the colors. Could it be because I'm saving it as an optimized file?
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Had a bit of trouble selecting all the internal paths, they kept disappearing when I reversed them, but whatever I did in the end seemed to work, so thank you for the pointers. I've just used a small version of this on my latest livery and it worked quite well so, now I know what I'm doing I can have a bit of fun!
Guys,
I'm just getting into making my own .svg\logo files for GT7. I cannot get gradients to work. Attached is a simple file I made that seems fine until I upload it into the game. Would anybody be willing to look at it and tell me what I am missing? I've been reading for days and can't seem to figure it out.
I'm just getting into making my own .svg\logo files for GT7. I cannot get gradients to work. Attached is a simple file I made that seems fine until I upload it into the game. Would anybody be willing to look at it and tell me what I am missing? I've been reading for days and can't seem to figure it out.
krisduv
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Affinity Designer but you can use Inkscape (free) and read this : https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...-separate-thread.361630/page-21#post-12158448
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Hi folks,
I've created a few "taxi" images from Vectormator Pro, then I've run those png files through covertio.pro and saved them as <15kb .svg files files and they are still showing up as blank when I upload them to GT7. Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
I've created a few "taxi" images from Vectormator Pro, then I've run those png files through covertio.pro and saved them as <15kb .svg files files and they are still showing up as blank when I upload them to GT7. Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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Why is something called Vectormator making PNG's? PNG's are not Vectors.
If you upload the SVG files, rather than the PNG's it may give a clearer picture. Everything in those PNG's can exist in a 15kb SVG file, so it's nothing to do with the source images.
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So, my files are starting out as png files, then I convert them using that website to the .svg files. So when I upload them on the GT decal uploader, they're proper 15k .svg files. And I can see them on the website, but when I go to the game, they are blank.
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Again, if you upload the SVG files, it would be easier to see the problem. It could be that running them through https://xerocho.github.io/svgomg/ before uploading them to GT7 gets rid of the problem.
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I'm a bit unclear on how exactly to run the .svg through that website, but I will give it a try. Thank you.
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- I_Grayson_Fox_I
I am having an odd issue, I have made an SVG of just Text for a license plate.
Uploaded it, it shows fine on the website.
But in game it is blank.
Any specific design rules?
I would've assumed if it uploads fine and shows up fine, it should be fine in game.
Uploaded it, it shows fine on the website.
But in game it is blank.
Any specific design rules?
I would've assumed if it uploads fine and shows up fine, it should be fine in game.
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- I_am_FOE
Hello all. I have a question (well a couple of them) for you .svg making experts.
I'm trying to make a few of my own decals using Inkscape. As long as they're single color and simple, I've been somewhat successful. I've had a few "The browser you are using is not supported" messages, even after going to the SVOMG site. . . I may address this in another post later.
I've read the excellent tutorial on the first page relating to Inkscape, and it doesn't cover a couple of things I need to do.
Anyways, on to my main issues.
Here is an example of a decal I'm trying to make, and it covers both of the things that I cannot figure out how to do:
The first thing I'd like to do is remove the orangeish background and leaving the black surround (and the rest of the insides of course).
The second thing is to leave the colors in as they are, or close to it. I'm not terribly picky when it comes to this. When working on some previous decals, every time I separate the vector from the bitmap, the result is an all black vector. Am I missing a setting or something?
Yes, I AM kind of a NOOB at this.
Thanks in advance for your time! I really appreciate what you fine folks do here!
I'm trying to make a few of my own decals using Inkscape. As long as they're single color and simple, I've been somewhat successful. I've had a few "The browser you are using is not supported" messages, even after going to the SVOMG site. . . I may address this in another post later.
I've read the excellent tutorial on the first page relating to Inkscape, and it doesn't cover a couple of things I need to do.
Anyways, on to my main issues.
Here is an example of a decal I'm trying to make, and it covers both of the things that I cannot figure out how to do:
The first thing I'd like to do is remove the orangeish background and leaving the black surround (and the rest of the insides of course).
The second thing is to leave the colors in as they are, or close to it. I'm not terribly picky when it comes to this. When working on some previous decals, every time I separate the vector from the bitmap, the result is an all black vector. Am I missing a setting or something?
Yes, I AM kind of a NOOB at this.
Thanks in advance for your time! I really appreciate what you fine folks do here!
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I have no idea how I can make this file any smaller, it looks nowhere near as vibrant and complex as other designs I've seen and it's still a massive file. I've tried compressing the file, I've tried shrinking the dimensions but it's still a fair bit over the 15kb limit even when I shrink the PNG I made to 120 pixels
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Do I have to make a separate file and then trace the image I'm trying to make?
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Yup.
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The Gradients are formated with transforms, Im not familier with the Class path formating so I dont know enough to know if it works in GT as is,
The Transforms are quite extreme so Ive had a difficult 20 mins scratching my head about how its been transformed so much, Ive managed to get the formating correct so it shows ingame as colour but the transform has thrown the gradient stop handles several thousand units around the page for some reason.
Ive managed to get the handles somewhat back to where they should be but its not 100% in the correct position, But it does work ingame at the moment.
GTvsForza
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I've been using an online photo editor called Photopea, mainly use it for thumbnails. But, it seems that I can export SVG's through it. Might play with this later tonight.
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I can export, but the Decal Uploader won't accept them. Oh well, I guess it's what you get for using a free program.
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I can export, but the Decal Uploader won't accept them. Oh well, I guess it's what you get for using a free program.
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